title: Children's Development and Parental Input: Evidence From the UK Millennium Cohort Study.
abstract: In this study, we use the UK Millennium Cohort Study to estimate a dynamic factor model of child development. Our model follows the children from birth until 7 years of age and allows for both cognitive and noncognitive abilities in children. We find a significant self-productivity effect in both cognitive and noncognitive development, as well as some evidence of dynamic dependence across different abilities. The activities that parents carry out with children at home (parental investment) have a significant effect on children's development; we find substantial evidence of two distinct latent parental investment variables with differential effects across the two abilities.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Alava
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 4DT, UK. g.popli@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Gurleen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Popli
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Cognitive and noncognitive development; Dynamic factor model; Home learning environment; Parental investment