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Lekfuangfu, Warn N., Powdthavee, Nick, Warrinnier, Nele and Cornaglia, Francesca (2018) Locus of control and its intergenerational implications for early childhood skill formation. The Economic Journal, 128 (608). pp. 298-329. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12414
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12414
Abstract
This paper builds upon Cunha's (2015) subjective rationality model in which parents have a subjective belief about the impact of their investment on their children's early skill formation. We propose that this subjective belief is determined partly by locus of control (LOC), i.e., the extent to which individuals believe that their actions can influence future outcomes. Consistent with the theory, we show that maternal LOC measured at the 12th week of gestation strongly predicts maternal attitudes towards parenting style and actual time investments. We also utilize maternal LOC to improve the specification typically used to estimate skill production function parameters.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Locus of control, Parent and child | ||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic Journal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0013-0133 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 5 February 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 128 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 608 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 298-329 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ecoj.12414 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||||||||
| Funder: | Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), Wellcome Trust (London, England), University of Bristol, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grant number: | Grant ref: 092731 (MRC) (Wellcome), Grant R01AG040640 (NIA) | ||||||||||||||||||
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