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Author: Gao, Xiang
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Gao, Xiang |
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Learning After School - The Impacts of Parent's Education and Social and Economic Status on Children's Learning Attitudes and Activities Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meetings, March-April 2006 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Children, Well-Being; Family Influences; Human Capital; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Poverty; Siblings; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Anti child poverty programs generally emphasize the financial supports to the low-income families. However, the persistency and the high return rate of child poverty indicate that some causations and resolutions besides the monetary factor needs to be considered. Exploring the dynamics of intergenerational transfers is helpful to find out causations and resolutions of child poverty. Using child and household level data with children 10 to 21 from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, I examine the relationship between parents' education level, social economic status and non-material transfers to children. I hypothesize that parents with higher human capital are more likely to make human and social capital investment on children in the forms of more encouraging children's after school learning activities and more concerning children's learning behaviors. The relationship is stronger as children grew up. Interactions with children's sibling compositions are examined and implications for child well-being are discussed. |
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Gao, Xiang. "Learning After School - The Impacts of Parent's Education and Social and Economic Status on Children's Learning Attitudes and Activities." Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meetings, March-April 2006. |
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Romich, Jennifer L. Gao, Xiang |
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Does Children's Housework Matter?: Adult Trajectories of Boys and Girls Who Spend Time Doing Household Chores and Sibling Care Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, April 2008 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Gender Attitudes/Roles; Housework/Housewives; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Although research has focused on the impact of youth employment while in high school, less attention has been paid to the responsibilities some young adults have within the household. However, children do considerable homemaking and care work within the house. What is the impact of this work on children's subsequent development? Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort, we examine housework, sibling caretaking, and subsequent adult beliefs and behavior within a sample of adolescents with younger siblings. Our evidence suggests that work done in the childhood home may have lasting significance on beliefs and roles later in life. For instance, men in their early 40s who had cared for younger siblings as teens were less likely to have children and were more likely to favor women's employment and believe that that men should share housework. |
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Romich, Jennifer L. and Xiang Gao. "Does Children's Housework Matter?: Adult Trajectories of Boys and Girls Who Spend Time Doing Household Chores and Sibling Care." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, April 2008. |