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Do Parental Absence and Children’s Gender Affect Early Childhood Investment? Evidence from Rural Thailand

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  • NGỌC TÚ T. Ä INH

    (Research Institute for Policy Evaluation and Design (RIPED), University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 126/1 Building 21, 7th Floor, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400, Thailand)

  • WEERACHART T. KILENTHONG

    (Research Institute for Policy Evaluation and Design (RIPED), University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 126/1 Building 21, 7th Floor, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400, Thailand)

Abstract

This paper studies how parental absence and children’s gender affect early childhood investment using a new dataset from rural Thailand. We found that relative to boys, girls received more time but less material investment. Relative to children with at least one parent present, children with absent parents received significantly less material investment; however, time investment was not significantly different between the two groups. Based on an economic model of early childhood investment, these results suggest that relative to material investment, time investment is more important for girls than for boys, and for households with absent parents than for households with at least one parent present. The estimation of the elasticity of substitution between time and material investments suggests that both types of investments are surprisingly complementary.

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  • NgỌc Tãš T. Ä Inh & Weerachart T. Kilenthong, 2021. "Do Parental Absence and Children’s Gender Affect Early Childhood Investment? Evidence from Rural Thailand," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 66(05), pages 1443-1468, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:66:y:2021:i:05:n:s0217590819500267
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590819500267
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    1. Kilenthong, Weerachart T. & Boonsanong, Khanista & Duangchaiyoosook, Sartja & Jantorn, Wasinee & Khruapradit, Varunee, 2023. "Learning losses from school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic for Thai kindergartners," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    2. Wisuwat Chujan & Weerachart Kilenthong, 2019. "An Early Evaluation of a HighScope-Based Curriculum Intervention in Rural Thailand," PIER Discussion Papers 103, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Suparee Boonmanunt & Wasinee Jantorn & Varunee Khruapradit & Weerachart Kilenthong, 2022. "Intergenerational Transmission of Time Preferences: An Evidence from Rural Thailand," PIER Discussion Papers 178, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, revised Apr 2024.

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