Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia

This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the pr...

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Main Authors:	Hasan, Amer, Nakajima, Nozomi, Rangel, Marcos A.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	MATERNAL EDUCATION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL CHILD OUTCOMES PARENTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/304421597151764871/Mama-Knows-and-Does-Best-Maternal-Schooling-Opportunities-and-Child-Development-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34352

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spelling	okr-10986-343522022-09-20T00:12:47Z Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia Hasan, Amer Nakajima, Nozomi Rangel, Marcos A. MATERNAL EDUCATION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL CHILD OUTCOMES PARENTING This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the program. Novel and rich data allow the analysis of a range of health, cognitive and socio-emotional development outcomes for children ages 6 to 8 in 2013. The paper finds that increased maternal access to schooling has positive and multidimensional effects on children. The effects are particularly salient at the bottom of the distributions of outcomes. Drawing on insights from economics, psychology, and sociology, the paper examines pathways for these impacts. Evidence suggests that mothers who were exposed to more schooling opportunities during childhood demonstrate less hostility toward their children when parenting and also invest more in their children's preschool education. 2020-08-13T14:53:54Z 2020-08-13T14:53:54Z 2020-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/304421597151764871/Mama-Knows-and-Does-Best-Maternal-Schooling-Opportunities-and-Child-Development-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34352 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9355 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic	MATERNAL EDUCATION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL CHILD OUTCOMES PARENTING
spellingShingle	MATERNAL EDUCATION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL CHILD OUTCOMES PARENTING Hasan, Amer Nakajima, Nozomi Rangel, Marcos A. Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
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description	This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the program. Novel and rich data allow the analysis of a range of health, cognitive and socio-emotional development outcomes for children ages 6 to 8 in 2013. The paper finds that increased maternal access to schooling has positive and multidimensional effects on children. The effects are particularly salient at the bottom of the distributions of outcomes. Drawing on insights from economics, psychology, and sociology, the paper examines pathways for these impacts. Evidence suggests that mothers who were exposed to more schooling opportunities during childhood demonstrate less hostility toward their children when parenting and also invest more in their children's preschool education.
format	Working Paper
author	Hasan, Amer Nakajima, Nozomi Rangel, Marcos A.
author_facet	Hasan, Amer Nakajima, Nozomi Rangel, Marcos A.
author_sort	Hasan, Amer
title	Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
title_short	Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
title_full	Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia
title_sort	mama knows (and does) best : maternal schooling opportunities and child development in indonesia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/304421597151764871/Mama-Knows-and-Does-Best-Maternal-Schooling-Opportunities-and-Child-Development-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34352
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Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia

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