Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Sanz de Galdeano, Anna
Vuri, Daniela
Abstract / Description
In this paper we analyse data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to investigate whether experiencing parental divorce during adolescence reduces measured cognitive ability. To account for the potential endogeneity of parental divorce we employ a difference-in-differences model that relies on observing teenagers' outcomes before and after divorce. We find that parental divorce does not negatively affect teenagers' cognitive development. Our results also suggest that cross-section estimates overstate the detrimental effect of parental divorce.
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Trennung Ehe Differenzen Kognitive Entwicklung divorce difference in differences cognitive developmentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2004
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1206
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sanz de Galdeano, Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Vuri, Daniela
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:02:35Z
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Date of first publication2004
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Abstract / DescriptionIn this paper we analyse data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to investigate whether experiencing parental divorce during adolescence reduces measured cognitive ability. To account for the potential endogeneity of parental divorce we employ a difference-in-differences model that relies on observing teenagers' outcomes before and after divorce. We find that parental divorce does not negatively affect teenagers' cognitive development. Our results also suggest that cross-section estimates overstate the detrimental effect of parental divorce.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16761
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1139
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8949
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1206
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1206
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Keyword(s)Trennungde
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Keyword(s)Ehede
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Keyword(s)Differenzende
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Keyword(s)Kognitive Entwicklungde
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Keyword(s)divorceen
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Keyword(s)difference in differencesen
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Keyword(s)cognitive developmenten
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleDoes Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Datade
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok