Changing effects of education on parents' time with children

I examine educational differences in the time that American parents spend with their children, and how these differences have changed between 1985 and 2003. I also examine educational differences in the ratio of mothers’ child time to fathers’ child time. The results indicate that better educated parents used to and continue to spend more time with their children than the less educated. Although parents at all levels of education have increased their time with children, the better educated have made relatively larger gains. Further, the ratio of mothers’ to fathers’ child time was and continues to be lower for the better educated than the less educated. Finally, I find that the gender gap in parent-child time has narrowed at every education level between 1985 and 2003

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Chalasani, Satvika

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hamermesh, Daniel S.

• Parent’s education level
• Parent-child time

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Identifier URI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/42072

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/115171