Parent–child interactions and child outcomes: Evidence from randomized intervention

Abstract Parent-child interactions are determined endogenously by child behavior, making identification of causal effects challenging. We overcome this endogeneity by analyzing a randomized, universal parent-training intervention on parents of preschool children. Evaluation of adolescent outcomes 10 years after the program suggests improvements to externalizing behaviors and wellbeing of children in the intervention group, mediated by changes to parenting during early childhood. These outcomes are not explained adequately by extant models of parent-child interactions, and so we explore alternative explanations. We show that benefits of early childhood interventions extend beyond low-socioeconomic households.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Labour Economics

• Publication date

  2018-10-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.LABECO.2018.08.003
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