Agostinelli, Francesco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe (2021). Money vs. time: family income, maternal labor supply, and child development. Working paper series / Department of Economics 273, University of Zurich.
Abstract
This paper analyzes the relationship between work-promoting policies and child development. First, we provide new comprehensive evidence of the unintended consequences for child development of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansions during the 1990s in the United States. Second, our theory-driven empirical model reconciles this result by shedding light on the trade-off between the income effect (economic resources) and the substitution effect (time and quality of the parent-child interactions) on a child's cognitive and behavioral development. This money versus time trade-off is most pronounced for disadvantaged mothers. Overall, our results call for a policy debate on how to design targeted supplements for disadvantaged families to support working mothers and their children.
Item Type: | Working Paper |
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Communities & Collections: | 03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics
Working Paper Series > Department of Economics |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 330 Economics |
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JEL Classification: | H24, H31, I21, I38, J13, J22 |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Child development, family income, maternal labor supply, Kognitive Entwicklung, Verhaltensentwicklung, Arbeitsangebot, Mutter, Einkommen, Kinderbetreuung, Mindestlohn |
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Scope: | Discipline-based scholarship (basic research) |
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Language: | English |
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Date: | February 2021 |
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Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2018 16:44 |
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Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2024 12:39 |
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Series Name: | Working paper series / Department of Economics |
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Number of Pages: | 63 |
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ISSN: | 1664-7041 |
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Additional Information: | Revised version |
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OA Status: | Green |
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Related URLs: | https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/research/workingpapers.html |
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Other Identification Number: | merlin-id:15768 |
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