Parental investment in childhood and educational qualifications: Can greater parental involvement mediate the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage?

Parental involvement is important for later well-being since it conveys to children that parents are interested in their development. In socioeconomically disadvantaged homes this involvement becomes even more important. This paper asks: Can the social capital produced by greater parental involvement mediate some of the harmful effects of less financial capital? Data are from the National Child Development Study; a longitudinal study of children born in Britain in 1958. Results suggest that parental involvement does matter, but it depends on when involvement and economic hardship are measured, as well as type of involvement and parent gender. Father interest in education reduces the impact of economic hardship on education the most, especially at age 11. Both father and mother interest in school at age 16 have the largest direct impact on education. The frequency of outings with mother at age 11 also has a larger direct impact on education than outings with father, however, neither compare with the reduction in the effect of economic hardship as a result of father interest in school.     

涉法涉诉信访经济救助与社会和谐——以杭州市为例

建立涉法涉诉信访问题经济救助制度是对国家赔偿法的有益补充。是化解人民内部矛盾的有效方式,充分体现了对弱势群体的人性化关怀,同时有纠偏矫治和节约司法资源的功能。要进一步完善经济救助手段解决涉法涉诉信访问题,促进社会主义和谐社会构建。