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The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility

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  • Sadegh Eshaghnia
  • James J. Heckman
  • Rasmus Landersø

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This study explores the relationships between parental resource trajectories and child development, and their implications for intergenerational mobility. By modifying child skill formation technology to incorporate new skills emerging during adolescence, we analyze the importance of the timing of family resources on life outcomes, such as educational attainment and participation in crime. Parental financial resources partially offset deficiencies in nonpecuniary inputs to children’s human capital, such as family stability. IGE estimates are less sensitive to parental and child reference ages but are strongly influenced by the choice of lifetime versus snapshot parental income measures.

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  • Sadegh Eshaghnia & James J. Heckman & Rasmus Landersø, 2023. "The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility," NBER Working Papers 31093, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    2. French, Eric Baird & O’Dea, Cormac & MacCuish, Jamie, 2021. "The Intergenerational Elasticity of Earnings: Exploring the Mechanisms," CEPR Discussion Papers 15975, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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