It’s all in the stars: The Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring’s cognitive and noncognitive skill development

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dc.creatorTan, Chih Ming
dc.creatorWang, Xiao
dc.creatorZhang, Xiaobo
dc.date2018-02-09
dc.date2024-06-21T09:13:15Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:13:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:13:01Z
dc.descriptionThe importance of (early) parental investments in children’s cognitive and noncognitive outcomes is a question of deep policy significance. However, because parental investments are arguably endogenous, it is a great challenge to empirically estimate their importance. This paper exploits a rich and novel dataset, the China Family Panel Studies, and proposes a culture-specific instrumental variable based on the Chinese zodiac, in order to address this empirical challenge. By looking at the outcomes of children born just before and just after the cutoff for a “lucky” versus “nonlucky” zodiac sign, we find that parents’ investments have significant effects on their offspring’s development of both cognitive and noncognitive skills.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/97958
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.04.001
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147671
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTan, Chih Ming; Wang, Xiao; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2018. It’s all in the stars: The Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring’s cognitive and noncognitive skill development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1708. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147318
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectchild development
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectparental behaviour
dc.subjectmental ability
dc.titleIt’s all in the stars: The Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring’s cognitive and noncognitive skill development
dc.typeWorking Paper

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