Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia

Hasan, Amer ; Nakajima, Nozomi ; Rangel, Marcos A.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: MATERNAL EDUCATION;    SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION;    HUMAN CAPITAL;    CHILD OUTCOMES;    PARENTING;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-9355
RP-ID  :  WPS9355

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper leverages quasi-experimentalvariation in increased access to basic formal education,introduced by a large-scale school construction program inIndonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to thechildren of women targeted by the program. Novel and richdata allow the analysis of a range of health, cognitive andsocio-emotional development outcomes for children ages 6 to8 in 2013. The paper finds that increased maternal access toschooling has positive and multidimensional effects onchildren. The effects are particularly salient at the bottomof the distributions of outcomes. Drawing on insights fromeconomics, psychology, and sociology, the paper examinespathways for these impacts. Evidence suggests that motherswho were exposed to more schooling opportunities duringchildhood demonstrate less hostility toward their childrenwhen parenting and also invest more in their children'spreschool education.