This paper estimates models of the evolution of cognitive and noncognitive skills and
explores the role of family environments in shaping these skills at different stages of the life …

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive
and noncognitive skills. Skills are determined by parental environments and investments at …

This paper presents formal models of child development that capture the essence of recent
findings from the empirical literature on child development. The goal is to provide theoretical …

In this paper, we formulate a model of early childhood development in which mothers have
subjective expectations about the technology of skill formation. The model is useful for …

Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of
children aged between one and twelve for Andhra Pradesh, India, we investigate the …

his paper presents formal models of child development that capture the essence of recent
findings from the empirical literature on child development. The goal is to provide theoretical …

A growing literature reports significant socio-economic gaps in investments in the human
capital of young children. Because the returns to these investments may be huge, parenting …

In this study, we use the UK Millennium Cohort Study to estimate a dynamic factor model of
child development. Our model follows the children from birth until 7 years of age and allows …

Little is known about the relationship between family income and children's non-cognitive (or
socio-emotional) skill formation. This is an important gap, as these skills have been …

This paper examines the impact of parental investments on the development of cognitive,
mental and emotional skills during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the …