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Do fathers have son preference in the United States? : evidence from paternal subjective well-being
Song, Younghwan; Gao, Jia - 2022
existence of son preference among fathers in the U.S. by estimating the effect of child gender on the fathers' subjective well … daughters only. In families with only one child, fathers report no difference in subjective well-being when spending time with a … son versus with a daughter. By further stratifying this sample of fathers by child's age of three, we continue to find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471983
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Do Fathers Have Son Preference in the United States? Evidence from Paternal Subjective Well-Being
Song, Younghwan; Gao, Jia - 2023
existence of son preference among fathers in the U.S. by estimating the effect of child gender on the fathers' subjective well … daughters only. In families with only one child, fathers report no difference in subjective well-being when spending time with a … son versus with a daughter. By further stratifying this sample of fathers by child's age of three, we continue to find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264205
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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548641
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Fathers' leave, fathers' involvement and child development : are they related? ; evidence from four OECD countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - 2013
involvement translates into positive child cognitive and behavioural outcomes. This analysis shows that fathers’ leave, father …’s involvement and child development are related. Fathers who take leave, especially those taking two weeks or more, are more likely … father-child interactions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767952
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By what measure? : family time devoted to children in the U.S.
Folbre, Nancy; Yoon, Jayoung; Finnoff, Kade; Fuligni, … - 2004
We argue that previous research on time devoted to child care has devoted insufficient attention to the definition and … the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics sheds light on these three problems and develops …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527217
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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes
Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. We find that, relative to their sisters, boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482631
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675522
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Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D. - 2019
first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … more recent period, having a female first child still raises the likelihood of living without a father, but is instead … have a female first child have significantly higher fertility and are more likely to be living without a father (though not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858637
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Is there Still Son Preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D. - 2019
first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … more recent period, having a female first child still raises the likelihood of living without a father, but is instead … have a female first child have significantly higher fertility and are more likely to be living without a father (though not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858670
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Does paid family leave save infant lives? : evidence from United States
Chen, Feng - 2021
One goal of the paid family leave (PFL) is to help working mothers balance their careers and family responsibilities and hence improve the well-being of their infants. However, most studies of PFL on early childhood outcomes have been based on the analyses of surviving infants. If PFL reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581451