Family income, parenting styles and child behavioural-emotional outcomes
Authors: M. Dooley and Jennifer M. Stewart
Overview
Abstract (English)
A positive relationship between income and child outcomes has been observed in data from numerous countries. A key question concerns the extent to which this association represents a causal relationship as opposed to unobserved heterogeneity. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to implement a series of empirical strategies for estimating the existence and size of the effect of income on behavioural-emotional outcomes. We also examine the role of parenting style. Our results indicate that there is little evidence of an effect of income on behavioural-emotional scores. The exclusion of parenting style from the models was found to not bias the estimated income effect, but parenting style was found to have a consistent impact on child outcomes. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | M. Dooley and Jennifer M. Stewart |
Publication Year | 2007 |
Title | Family income, parenting styles and child behavioural-emotional outcomes |
Volume | 16 |
Journal Name | Health Economics |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 145-162 |
Publication Language | English |
- M. Dooley
- M. Dooley and Jennifer M. Stewart
- Family income, parenting styles and child behavioural-emotional outcomes
- Health Economics
- 16
- 2007
- 2
- 145-162