Home with Mom: The Effects of Stay-at-Home Parents on Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes

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Journal: Journal of Labor Economics
Year: 2014
Volume: 32
Issue: 3
Pages: 443 - 467

Authors (3)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children under the age of 3. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected the long-run educational outcomes of the older siblings. Using comprehensive administrative data, we estimate a difference-in-differences model that exploits differences in older siblings' exposures to the program. We find a significant positive treatment effect on older siblings' tenth-grade GPA, and this effect seems to be largely driven by mother's reduced labor force participation and not by changes in family income or father's labor force participation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/675070
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24