The Interaction between Parents and Children: three Essays on Family Economics

This thesis focuses on two aspects of parent-child interactions. First, in Chapter 2, I study the effect of attending daycare at age 0-2 on children's cognitive development at age 8 in the Netherlands. Despite the expanding evidence on the desirable effects of child care at age 3-6 on child outcomes, there is less evidence on the effect of child care at very young ages. After establishing the relationship between parents and children at a very young age, in Chapter 3 this thesis turns to the adulthood stage. Chapter 3 explores the impact of parents’ housing wealth on children’s marriage prospe... Mehr ...