Publications [#345975] of Lisa A. Gennetian

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Journal Articles

  1. Averett, SL; Gennetian, LA; Peters, HE. "Paternal child care and children's development." Journal of Population Economics 18.3 (September, 2005): 391-414. [doi]
    (last updated on 2026/01/18)

    Abstract:
    This paper uses the NLSY-Child data to assess the effects on cognitive and social-emotional development of father care as a child care arrangement among children in two-parent families with working mothers. Our results show that father care for infants is no better or worse than other types of arrangements. However, toddlers in non-paternal modes of child care (e.g., relatives, family day care or center care) have slightly better cognitive outcomes than those whose fathers provided care. Although our analyses do not provide a definitive explanation for this finding, there is a substantial influx of fathers in our data who provide child care in years 2 and 3 and these fathers appear compositionally different from fathers who provided care during a child's infancy. In particular, there is some indication that these fathers who are newly providing care during a child's toddler years may be temporary care providers due to changing economic circumstances. © Springer-Verlag 2005.

Lisa A. Gennetian

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