Early Skill Gap Effects on Long-Run Outcomes and Parental Investments

This paper examines the effects of skill advantages at age six on different types of parental investments, and long-run outcomes up to age 27. We exploit exogenous variation in skills due to school entry rules, combining 20 years of Chilean administrative records with a regression discontinuity design. Our results show higher in-school performance and college entrance scores, and sizable effects on college attendance and enrollment at more selective institutions, in particular for low-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are reinforcing and likely to be mediating the long-run effects.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Pablo Celhay
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Educational Attainment, Early Childhood Education, Skills, Labor Market, Parental Investment, Child Development, I21 - Analysis of Education, J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity, I28 - Government Policy, Early Life Shocks; Long-run Outcomes; Skills; Parental Investments; Teachers; College Attendance; Test Scores; Low-income; Developing Country,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002161 https://publications.iadb.org/en/early-skill-gap-effects-long-run-outcomes-and-parental-investments
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