Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333681 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18242
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the short-run impact of parental risky behaviors on multiple dimensions of child development using 30 years of data from a representative Russian longitudinal survey. We use factor analysis to construct a composite index of parental risky behaviors and health habits. The panel nature of the data allows us to implement individual and household fixed-effects models, which control for all time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity that might correlate with both parenting and child outcomes. We find that exposure to parental risky behaviors adversely affects children's educational attainment (grade-for-age) and increases their propensity for risky behaviors, specifically smoking and drinking. Conversely, we find no significant impact on soft skills and only weak evidence of negative health outcomes. These impacts are more pronounced for older children and those in higher-income households.
Subjects: 
risky behaviors
child development
intergenerational transmission
parental role model
JEL: 
D1
I1
I2
I3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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