characteristics of children as well as parents. To estimate causal treatment effects, I use a simple logistic regression along with a …With the goal to shed more light on the effectiveness of parental time spent with their children, I estimate the causal … relationship between parental involvement and education outcomes of children. My research is the first which examines the effect of …

null results, enhanced training yields sizable treatment effects on primary school children's cognitive, behavioral, and …

of children: (i) parenting styles defined by the extent of warmth and control parents employ in raising children, and (ii …) neighborhood quality. Based on a representative sample of 2,119 parents in the United States, I show that parents perceive large … leveraging beliefs measured in two different domains, and show that parents' perceived returns relate to their actual parenting …

scores, and sizable effects on college attendance and enrollment at more selective institutions, in particular for low-income … children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

benefits from exposure to "privileged" peers accrue mainly to "disadvantaged" students. These benefits decline when the …

effect of return migrant parents on once-left-behind children's performance. This empirical strategy allows us to avoid the … parents may improve children's school performance. One is that children spend more time studying following migrant parents …' return. The other is that return migrant parents spend more on their children's education. We also find evidence suggesting …