Increasing the Human Capital of Children in Latin American Countries: The Role of Parents’ Time in Childcare

Campaña, J.C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gimenez-Nadal, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Molina, J.A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In this paper, we focus on the relationship between parents’ education and activities aimed at increasing the human capital of children (for example, educational childcare). Using time use surveys from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia we find that in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia the level of education of both father and mother has a positive association with the time devoted to educational childcare, while in Ecuador only fathers’ level of education has a positive association with father’s time devoted to educational childcare. Furthermore, we find that the time devoted to educational childcare by parents is positively related in all four countries.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1208179

Año: 2017

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 53, 6 (2017), 805-825 [21 p.]
ISSN: 0022-0388

Factor impacto JCR: 1.526 (2017)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 118 / 353 = 0.334 (2017) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT rank: 32 / 57 = 0.561 (2017) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.926 - Development (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2012-34828

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)