Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193278 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11984
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effects of violence towards children on early childhood development. We contribute to the literature providing estimates of the effects of violence (verbal and/or physical) that control for child-mother unobserved characteristics. We find that violence has negative effects on verbal skills (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) and socio-emotional development (Child Behavior Check List). We also find that violence affects girls in their vocabulary development and increases behavioral problems of both boys and girls, with stronger effects among boys; that the negative effects diminish as children get older; and that they are more harmful among children with less educated mothers.
Subjects: 
violence toward children
spanking
corporal punishment
child development
cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes
Chile
JEL: 
O15
J12
J13
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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