Parental employment and child cognitive development

Description:

A study of the effects on child verbal ability at age three or four and on reading and math abilities at age five or six of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life, controlling for factors such as child care use, based on mothers and their children in the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Ruhm Christopher J.

Publisher(s):

University of Wisconsin Press

Funder(s):

University of North Carolina at Greensboro; National Science Foundation (U.S.); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

2004

Source:

The Journal of Human Resources, 39(1), 155-192

Journal Title:

Journal of Human Resources

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

155-192

Topics:

2. Parents & Families > 2.4. Parent/Family Practices and Structure > 2.4.2. Families & Work

12. Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance > 12.3. School Performance & Success

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.5. Cognitive Development

ISSN:

0022-166X

Paper

1548-8004

Online

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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