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Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Anna Sanz De Galdeano () (CSEF, University of Salerno )
In this paper we analyse data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to investigate whether experiencing parental divorce during adolescence reduces measured cognitive ability. To account for the potential endogeneity of parental divorce we employ a difference-in-differences model that relies on observing tenagers' outcomes before and after divorce. We find that parental divorce does not negatively affect teenagers' cognitive development. Our results also suggest that cross-section estimates overstate the detrimental effect of parental divorce.
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Paper provided by Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy in its series CSEF Working Papers with number
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Date of creation: 01 Nov 2004Date of revision:
Publication status: Published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, vol. 69, pages 321-338Handle: RePEc:sef:csefwp:128Contact details of provider: Postal: I-80126 Napoli Phone: +39 081 - 675372 Fax: +39 081 - 675372 Email: Web page: http://www.csef.it/ More information through EDIRC
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Keywords: Divorce ; Difference in differences ; Cognitive Development ; Find related papers by JEL classification: J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
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