Birth order and child cognitive outcomes: an exploration of the parental time mechanism

Education Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 481-495

  Monfardini, Chiara ^a,b,c   See, Sarah Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CHILD   (Italy)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth order; child outcomes; time use

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

EID: 84958523976     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2015.1117581     Document Type: Article

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