Author : John Horan Cawley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Mechanisms for the Association Between Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development by : John Horan Cawley
Download or read book Mechanisms for the Association Between Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development written by John Horan Cawley and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research has found that maternal employment is associated with worse child performance on tests of cognitive ability. This paper explores mechanisms for that correlation. We estimate models of instrumental variables using a unique dataset, the American Time Use Survey, that measure the effect of maternal employment on the mother's allocation of time to activities related to child cognitive development. We find that employed women spend significantly less time reading to their children, helping with homework, and in educational activities in general. We find no evidence that these decreases in time are offset by increases in time by husbands and partners. These findings offer plausible mechanisms for the association of maternal employment with child cognitive development.