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Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data

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Sanz de Galdeano, Anna
Vuri, Daniela

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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 development

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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
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Vuri, Daniela
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:02:35Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-30
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:02:35Z
  • Date of first publication
    2004
  • 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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    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16761
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1139
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8949
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1206
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1206
  • Keyword(s)
    Trennung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Ehe
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  • Keyword(s)
    Differenzen
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kognitive Entwicklung
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  • Keyword(s)
    divorce
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  • Keyword(s)
    difference in differences
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  • Keyword(s)
    cognitive development
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data
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    report
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