Do parental time investments react to changes in child's skills and health?
Parental time investment decisions have been found to have important effects on child development; however, little is known about the response of parents to changes in their child's human capital across time. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure time investments considering the time parents spend with their child and the total time a child spends, with or without parents, in different activities. By adopting a child fixed-effect instrumental variable estimation, we find that parents reinforce for high socio-emotional skills by spending more time socialising with their child and compensate for low cognitive skills by increasing the time the child spends in learning activities.
Speaker
Dr Valentina Tonei is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Economics at the University of York. Valentina’s primary research interests lie in the fields of family and health economics. She is particularly interested in the empirical analysis of the determinants of health with the ultimate aim of supporting the process of public policy making at local, regional and national levels to improve children’s wellbeing and development. Her current research agenda is focused broadly on inequalities in children and is organised around two main determinants of child development: families and health care systems.
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Event Details
- Date:
- 20 November 2019 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Venue:
- Seminar Room H-2.20, Building H, Monash University, Caulfield Campus 900 Dandenong Rd Caulfield East Melbourne, VIC 3145
- Categories:
- Health Economics
Description
Parental time investment decisions have been found to have important effects on child development; however, little is known about the response of parents to changes in their child's human capital across time. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure time investments considering the time parents spend with their child and the total time a child spends, with or without parents, in different activities. By adopting a child fixed-effect instrumental variable estimation, we find that parents reinforce for high socio-emotional skills by spending more time socialising with their child and compensate for low cognitive skills by increasing the time the child spends in learning activities.
Speaker
Dr Valentina Tonei is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Economics at the University of York. Valentina’s primary research interests lie in the fields of family and health economics. She is particularly interested in the empirical analysis of the determinants of health with the ultimate aim of supporting the process of public policy making at local, regional and national levels to improve children’s wellbeing and development. Her current research agenda is focused broadly on inequalities in children and is organised around two main determinants of child development: families and health care systems.
Visitors are welcome to attend – registration is not required.
We hope to see you there.