Paternal child care and children's development |
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Authors: | Susan L Averett Lisa A Gennetian H Elizabeth Peters |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics and Business, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA;(2) MDRC, New York, NY 10016, USA;(3) Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper uses the NLSY-Child data to assess the effects on cognitive and social-emotional development of father care as
a child care arrangement among children in two-parent families with working mothers. Our results show that father care for
infants is no better or worse than other types of arrangements. However, toddlers in non-paternal modes of child care (e.g.,
relatives, family day care or center care) have slightly better cognitive outcomes than those whose fathers provided care.
Although our analyses do not provide a definitive explanation for this finding, there is a substantial influx of fathers in
our data who provide child care in years 2 and 3 and these fathers appear compositionally different from fathers who provided
care during a child's infancy. In particular, there is some indication that these fathers who are newly providing care during
a child's toddler years may be temporary care providers due to changing economic circumstances.
The research was supported by NICHD grant #HD30944.
Responsible editor: Deborah Cobb-Clark. |
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