Peer effects vs. parental influence in the development of capabilities in adolescence

Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Roldán, Flavia

dc.rights.license	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.contributor.author	Balsa, Ana Inés
dc.contributor.author	Gandelman, Néstor
dc.contributor.author	Roldán, Flavia
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-02T15:56:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-02T15:56:04Z
dc.date.issued	2016	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1353
dc.description.abstract	The past decade has witnessed the surge of a large body of research analyzing critical periods for investment in children’s skills. Most of this literature has underscored the importance of parental investments and of preschool education during the early stages of life. Adolescence is another critical period in the formation of skills, where peers have a particularly influential role. In this paper we estimate the role of parents and peers on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive skills using a version of Cunha and Heckman’s (2008) technology of skill formation. Identification of peer effects is based on the quasi-random assignment of students across classes, the dissociation of individual and peer outcomes over time, and the use of instrumental variables to account for common shocks. We find that parents continue to exert a positive impact on their kids during adolescence, promoting academic development and life satisfaction. The influence of parents is, however, stronger in outcomes less likely to be observable and penalized by peers (such as life-satisfaction) and much smaller than the effect of peers in those outcomes subject to peer influence (i.e. academic performance).	es
dc.format.extent	44 p.	es
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	es
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Documentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía	es
dc.rights	Abierto	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Cognitive and non-cognitive ability	es
dc.subject	Peer effects	es
dc.subject	Parenting	es
dc.subject	Aadolescents	es
dc.title	Peer effects vs. parental influence in the development of capabilities in adolescence	es
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Balsa, Ana Inés. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Gandelman, Néstor. Universidad ORT, Uruguay	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Roldán, Flavia. Universidad ORT, Uruguay	es
dc.type.version	Publicada	es