This paper investigates the impact of early noncognitive skills on social outcomes in adolescence. The child …

investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in Germany. The data are drawn from the mother-child questionnaire of the … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child’s noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child’s health … by 0.64 percent at the age of 3-18 months. Until the age of 42 months a one percent increases in child's noncognitive …

mothers to their children in early childhood. The main channels through which maternal human capital benefits the child …'s verbal and social skills are birth weight and father's support. Moreover,reading stories to the child is most relevant for …