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The Economics of Parenting

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Doepke, Matthias, Sorrenti, Giuseppe, Zilibotti, Fabrizio·2019·Annual Review of Economics
DOI 10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-030156
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Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices that people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the tool set of their discipline to understand what parents do and how parents’ actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly leveraged findings and concepts from related disciplines that also deal with parent–child interactions. For example, economists have developed models to understand the choice among various parenting styles that were first explored in the developmental psychology literature and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and noncognitive skills in response to parental and other inputs. In this review, we survey the economic literature on parenting and point out promising directions for future research.

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Authors
Doepke, M., Sorrenti, G., & Zilibotti, F.
Affiliations
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Economics
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2019-08-02
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
55-84
ISSN
  • 1941-1383 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-1391
DOI
10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-030156
OpenAlex
W3125836793
Cited by
193
References
9
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FWCI
5.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Economics (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1260961)
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (165616)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
Keywords
parenting, parental investment, parent-child interaction, parenting styles, child cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, human capital, child development, parental labor supply

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