We construct a dynamic model of child development where forward-looking parents and children jointly take actions to … money investments in their child, parents also choose whether to use explicit incentives to increase the child's self …

We construct a dynamic model of child development where forward-looking parents and children jointly take actions to … money investments in their child, parents also choose whether to use explicit incentives to increase the child's self …

The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …

, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are better in naming objects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts … term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre … outcomes is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative association is significant …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …