Parental Investments and Early Childhood Development: Short and Long Run Evidence from India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saravana Ravindran
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Parental Investments ◽  
Long Run

scholarly journals Parenting Knowledge, Parental Investments, and Early Childhood Development in Rural Households in Western China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingdong Zhong ◽  
Yang He ◽  
Jingjing Gao ◽  
Tianyi Wang ◽  
Renfu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Western China ◽  
Social Emotional Development ◽  
Parental Investments ◽  
Parenting Knowledge ◽  
Development Outcomes

This paper investigates the relationships between caregivers’ parenting knowledge and early childhood development, based on a survey conducted in 1715 rural households in 100 villages located in an undeveloped rural area of western China. The results find that, first, caregivers’ parenting knowledge is positively and significantly associated with children’s development outcomes, including cognitive, language, motor, and social–emotional development; second, caregivers’ parental investments significantly mediate the link between parenting knowledge and early childhood development; third, in contrast with other parental investments, play materials (in terms of variety and quantity) and play activities in the households are the strongest mediators. Our findings might be informative for policy makers to design policies targeted to foster human capital formation in rural China.

Review of Play and Early Childhood Development.

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 730-730
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development

Early Childhood Development

10.1596/24575 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Nadeau ◽  
Rifat Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development

Early Childhood Development

10.1596/23872 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rifat Hasan ◽  
Corrina Moucheraud ◽  
Anne Bakilana ◽  
Sophie Nadeau
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development
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