Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children

Name: Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children
Published: 2020-08-04
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Orazio Attanasio, Yale University; Teodora Boneva, University of Zurich; Christopher Rauh, University of Cambridge

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Project Citation:

Attanasio, Orazio, Boneva, Teodora, and Rauh, Christopher. Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-08-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120521V1

Project Description

Summary:

Title: Parental beliefs about returns to different types of investments in school children

Accepted for publication at: Journal of Human Resources

Abstract:

Using a representative sample of 1,962 parents in England, we study how parents perceive the returns to parental time investments, material investments and school quality. Parents perceive the returns to 3h of weekly time investments or £30 of weekly material investments to matter more than moving a child to a better school. Material investments are perceived as more productive if children attend higher quality schools. Perceived returns do not differ with the child’s initial human capital or gender, and they are highly correlated with actual investment decisions.

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Funding Sources: Nuffield Foundation (EDU/42718)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Survey ; Parents; England

Geographic Coverage: United Kingdom

Collection Date(s): 10/2016 – 11/2016 (Oct-Nov 2016)

Universe: Parents of 5-16 year old children living in England

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Sampling: The sample was selected to be representative in terms of region in England, the gender and education level of the responding parent, as well as the age and gender of the respondent’s child. The survey company used quota-based sampling when contacting parents to participate. See further information in journal article.

Data Source: The survey data were collected as part of this study by a professional survey company.

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Scales: See description in journal article.

Weights: Provided as part of the data file. See description in journal article.

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: Region

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