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Pré-publication, Document de travail |
Titre |
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Children's socio-emotional skills: Is there a quantity-quality trade-off?
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Résumé |
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Although it is widely acknowledged that non-cognitive skills matter for adult outcomes, little is known about the role played by family environment in the formation of these skills. We use a longitudinal survey of children born in the UK in 2000-2001, the Millennium Cohort Study by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, to estimate the effect of family size on socio-emotional skills, measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. To account for the endogeneity of fertility decisions, we use a well-known instrumental approach that exploits parents' preference for children's gender diversity. We show that the birth of a third child negatively affects the socio-emotional skills of the first two children in a persistent manner. However, we show that this negative effect is entirely driven by girls. We provide evidence that this gender effect is partly driven by an unequal response of parents' time investment in favour of boys and, to a lesser extent, by an unequal demand for household chores.
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Auteur(s)
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Simon Briole
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, Hélène Le Forner
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, Anthony Lepinteur
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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AMSE -
Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
( 526949 )
- 5-9 Boulevard Bourdet
CS 50498
13205 Marseille Cedex 1
- France
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales UMR7316 ( 99539 )
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Aix Marseille Université UMR7316 ( 198056 )
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École Centrale de Marseille UMR7316 ( 300415 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7316 ( 441569 )
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University of Luxembourg [Luxembourg]
( 366875 )
- Campus Kirchberg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus de Limpertsberg
162a, avenue de la Faïencerie
L-1511 Luxembourg
Campus de Belval
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette
- Luxembourg
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de production/écriture |
2020-03
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I20 - General
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
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Référence interne |
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Working paper AMSE 2020-06
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Financement |
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Paris School of Economics (PSE), Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE), and Université du Luxembourg.
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NORFACE programme, in particular the IMCHILD and the GUODLCCI programmes.
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This project has also received funding from the "Investissements d'Avenir" French Government program managed by the French National Research Agency (reference: ANR-17-EURE-0020) and from Excellence Initiative of Aix-Marseille University - A*MIDEX.
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
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Non-cognitive skills, Family size, Birth order, Child development
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