Reading to Young Children : A Head-Start in Life?

Abstract: This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings are robust to a wide range of sensitivity analyses.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	van Ours, Jan ; Kalb, G.
Institutions:	Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research
Subject:	Reading to children \| reading skills \| other cognitive skills

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series CentER Discussion Paper Number 2013-029
Classification:	c26 ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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