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Autor/inn/en | Mencarini, Letizia; Pasqua, Silvia; Romiti, Agnese |
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Titel | Single-mother families and the gender gap in children's time investment and non-cognitive skills. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Alleinerziehende Mütter und geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede beim Ausmaß der Lernzeiten der Kinder und bei den nonkognitiven Fähigkeiten. |
Quelle | In: Review of Economics of the Household, 17 (2019) 1, S. 149-176
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1569-5239; 1573-7152 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11150-017-9385-x |
Schlagwörter | Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Junge; Familienstruktur; Mutter; Unvollständige Familie; Kind; Lernbedingungen; Lernen; Hausaufgabenhilfe; Kindererziehung; Ungleichheit; Geschlechtsspezifik; Allein erziehender Elternteil; Mädchen; Italien |
Abstract | "This paper analyzes the role of family structure in the gender gap in children's time investment in studying and non-cognitive skills. We focus on Italy, a country that, similar to many other OECD countries, is experiencing both an increasing number of single-parent families (most of which are headed by mothers) and an increasing gender gap in children's cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes. By using a difference-in-differences specification comparing children's outcomes in single- vs. two-parent families for boys compared to girls, we analyze the differential effect across gender of living with a single mother on both the amount of time spent studying and the amount of effort put into studying. Our analysis suggests that living in a single-mother family has a more detrimental effect on boys, though all children - regardless of gender - receive fewer parental inputs if they live with a single mother. The greater detrimental effect of living with a single mother for boys seems to be driven by less educated, less well-off families or families with working mothers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 2018/2 |