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Title: Maternal Human Capital Accumulation and Children's Well-being
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Zhang, Weihui |
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Maternal Human Capital Accumulation and Children's Well-being Advances in Life Course Research published online (16 February 2021): 100406. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040260821000058 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Child Health; Cognitive Ability; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Education; Parental Influences; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Vocational Education Research examining the intergenerational transmission of human capital is subject to two limitations. First, for the parental generation, most studies focus on formal education but fail to consider vocational training experience, which has more variation than formal educational attainment over the life course. Second, most studies have found consistent conclusions using income and occupation for the children's outcomes but have generated mixed findings regarding health and cognitive ability. This study aims to answer whether mothers' additional vocational training beyond formal education is beneficial to children's health and cognitive ability. Applying fixed-effects regression to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child and Young Adults datasets, this study finds that mothers' human capital accumulation is positively associated with higher cognitive scores for both boys and girls, but does not significantly predict children’s illnesses or behavior problems. These findings bear implications for policy aimed at mitigating the intergenerational cycles of disadvantages. |
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Zhang, Weihui. "Maternal Human Capital Accumulation and Children's Well-being." Advances in Life Course Research published online (16 February 2021): 100406.
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