Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries (Elements in Development Economics)

This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills, socioemotional skills and physical and mental health; then reviews estimates of impacts of these forms of human capital; next considers the implications of such estimates for inequality and poverty; and concludes with a summary suggesting some positive impacts of parental investments on children's human capital in LMICs and a discussion of gaps in the literature pertaining to both data and methodology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

• | Author: Jere R. Behrman
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 75 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1009336169
• | ISBN-13: 9781009336161