Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries
Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries
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USDThis 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.
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November 2022Adobe eBook Reader
9781009336178
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Definitions, Framework and Estimation Issues
- 3. Determinants of Children's Human Capital
- 4. Impacts of Children's Human Capital
- 5. Implications of Estimates Such as Summarized in Sections 3 and 4 for Inequality and Poverty in the Children's Generation
- 6. Conclusions.
