Family income, parenting styles and child behavioural-emotional outcomes.
A positive relationship between income and child outcomes has been observed in data from numerous countries. A key question concerns the extent to which this association represents a causal relationship as opposed to unobserved heterogeneity. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to implement a series of empirical strategies for estimating the existence and size of the effect of income on behavioural-emotional outcomes. We also examine the role of parenting style. Our results indicate that there is little evidence of an effect of income on behavioural-emotional scores. The exclusion of parenting style from the models was found to not bias the estimated income effect, but parenting style was found to have a consistent impact on child outcomes.
Dooley
Martin
M
Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada.
Stewart
Jennifer
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D017059:Models, Econometric; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class