Parental Investments and Children s Human Capital in Low To Middle - Income Countrie

This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills, socioemotional skills and physical and mental health; then reviews estimates of impacts of these forms of human capital; next considers the implications of such estimates for inequality and poverty; and concludes with a summary suggesting some positive impacts of parental investments on children's human capital in LMICs and a discussion of gaps in the literature pertaining to both data and methodology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Definitions, Framework and Estimation Issues; 3. Determinants of Children's Human Capital; 4. Impacts of Children's Human Capital; 5. Implications of Estimates Such as Summarized in Sections 3 and 4 for Inequality and Poverty in the Children's Generation; 6. Conclusions.

Summary

This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries and finds different patterns, often weaker relations, than associational studies. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Jere R. Behrman, Jere R. (University of Pennsylvania) Behrman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781009336161
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0933616-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Development Economics
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history