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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected Title: Estimating the value of parent time invested in children in the United States
Abstract: "Parent time is an important component of educational investment in children. Using an economic framework, this study examines the factors affecting the amount of care time that parents allocate to their children, estimates the value of parent time invested in children in the United States in 1975-76, and provides an exploratory analysis of the relationship between parent time investment and child achievement, attitudes and behaviors in school. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of parent time, to date, economists have for the most part avoided attempts to measure parent time as a human capital investment, because it raises numerous complex and difficult measurement issues. For example, to what extent is parent time spent with children an investment versus a consumption activity? How should joint production issues be measured and addressed? How important is the quality of time compared to the quantity of time? |
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- Su-May Sheih Chen - University of Wisconsin, Madison (1998)


