The relation between maternal work hours and the cognitive development of young school-aged children

A.C. Künn-Nelen; A. de Grip; D. Fouarge

doi:10.1007/s10645-014-9247-3

The relation between maternal work hours and the cognitive development of young school-aged children

A.C. Künn-Nelen^*, A. de Grip, D. Fouarge

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Abstract

This paper analyses the relation between maternal work hours and the cognitive development of young school-going children. We find that children's language and sorting test scores are higher when their mothers have a large part-time job or even a full-time job. We find no evidence that this can be explained by a richer home environment in terms of the number of parent-child activities provided to the child.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-232
Number of pages	30
Journal	De Economist
Volume	163
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-014-9247-3
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015

Keywords

Intergenerational human capital investments
(Non) cognitive skills
Maternal labour supply
Home environment
PARENTAL EMPLOYMENT
ACHIEVEMENT
INCOME
BEHAVIOR
FAMILY
METAANALYSIS
OUTCOMES
CONTEXT
MOTHERS
TERM

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