Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46144 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5155
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes have worsened. The objective of our research is to estimate a model of the cognitive development process of children nested within an otherwise standard model of household life cycle behavior. The model generates endogenous dynamic interrelationships between the child quality and employment processes in the household, which are found to be consistent with patterns observed in the data. The estimated model is used to explore the effects of schooling subsidies and employment restrictions on household welfare and child development.
Subjects: 
time allocation
child development
household labor supply
JEL: 
J13
D1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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