Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?
Keywords
quality time, bith order, child outcomes
Abstract
Using data from the American Time Use Survey, I find that a first-born child receives 20-30 more minutes of quality time each day with his or her parent than a second-born child of the same age from a similar family. The birth-order difference results from parents giving roughly equal time to each child at any point in time while the amount of parent-child quality time decreases as children get older. These results provide a plausible explanation for recent research showing a very significant effect of birth order on child outcomes.
Original Publication Citation
Price, Joseph. “Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?” Journal of Human Resources 43(1): 240–265, 2008
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Price, Joseph, "Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?" (2008). Faculty Publications. 7190.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7190
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Copyright Status
© 2008 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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