Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27719 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 09-038
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
It is a well-known fact that the level of parents' education is strongly correlated with the educational achievement of their children. In this paper,we shed light on the potential channels through which human capital is transmitted from mothers to their children in early childhood. The main channels through which maternal human capital benefits the child's verbal and social skills are birth weight and father's support. Moreover,reading stories to the child is most relevant for the transmision of verbal skills whereas for social skills, a crucial channel for maternal human capital is the attendance of institutional childcare.
Subjects: 
early childhood
skills
intergenerational transmission
JEL: 
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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