Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
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Human Capital Investments in Children : A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries. / Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Österbacka, Eva.
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg : Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, 2010. (ffb Discussionpaper; No. 83).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Human Capital Investments in Children
T2 - A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
AU - Österbacka, Eva
AU - Merz, Joachim
AU - Österbacka, Eva
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Parents invest in their children’s human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States. We test the hypothesis of parentchild time as a form of human capital investment in children using a propensity score treatment effects approach that accounts for the possible endogenous nature of time use and human capital investment. Result: There is considerable evidence of welfare regime effects on parent-child shared time. Our results provide mixed support for the hypothesis that non-care related parent-child time is human capital enriching. The strongest support is found in the case of leisure time and eating time.
AB - Parents invest in their children’s human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States. We test the hypothesis of parentchild time as a form of human capital investment in children using a propensity score treatment effects approach that accounts for the possible endogenous nature of time use and human capital investment. Result: There is considerable evidence of welfare regime effects on parent-child shared time. Our results provide mixed support for the hypothesis that non-care related parent-child time is human capital enriching. The strongest support is found in the case of leisure time and eating time.
KW - Management studies
KW - Eltern-Kind Zeit
KW - ländervergleichende Forschung parent-child time
KW - comparative research
KW - Wohlfahrtsregime
KW - Finnland
KW - Deutschland
KW - Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
KW - Treatment effects
KW - Propensity score matching
KW - parent-child time
KW - comparative research
KW - welfare regimes
KW - Finland
KW - Germany
KW - USA
KW - treatment effects
KW - propensity score matching
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - ffb Discussionpaper
BT - Human Capital Investments in Children
PB - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe
CY - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
ER -