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Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia / Amer Hasan.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Hasan, Amer.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult Outreach.
- Child Outcomes.
- Education.
- Effective Schools and Teachers.
- Human Capital.
- Lifelong Learning.
- Maternal Education.
- Parenting.
- School Construction.
- Local Subjects:
- Adult Outreach.
- Child Outcomes.
- Education.
- Effective Schools and Teachers.
- Human Capital.
- Lifelong Learning.
- Maternal Education.
- Parenting.
- School Construction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 pages)
- Other Title:
- Mama Knows
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
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