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Jere R. Behrman reviews research on how parental investments affect children’s human capital in low-to-middle-income countries. The focus is economic and analytical: how investments relate to cognitive and socioemotional skills, physical and mental health, and the later outcomes associated with those capabilities.
The volume begins with definitions, an analytical framework and problems of estimation. It then examines determinants of human capital and estimates of its effects, distinguishing the questions researchers ask from the evidence available to answer them. A further section considers what these findings imply for inequality and poverty in the children’s generation.
The concluding discussion identifies gaps in data and methodology as well as findings about positive investment effects. This is an academic review for adult readers interested in development economics, family decisions and the measurement of long-term outcomes. It is not a children’s textbook: children are the subjects of the research, while the book’s arguments concern economic mechanisms and the interpretation of empirical studies.
Jere R. Behrman. Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009336147. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; the unchanged original edition and its required notices are retained.
Copyright UNU-WIDER2022. Jere R. Behrman. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009336147. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA3.0IGO: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/. Original edition and notices unchanged.