PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gensowski, Miriam
AU  - Landersø, Rasmus
AU  - Dale, Philip
AU  - Højen, Anders
AU  - Justice, Laura
AU  - Bleses, Dorthe
TI  - Public and Parental Investments, and Children’s Skill Formation
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.0422-12259R2
DP  - 2024 Nov 07
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0422-12259R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2024/11/04/jhr.0422-12259R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2024/11/04/jhr.0422-12259R2.full
AB  - This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children’s skill formation based on a longer-run follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. While the RCT initially increased preschool quality and initially improved skills significantly for children of all backgrounds, there is complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents, and only positive long-run effects for children with low-educated parents. The heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents’ responses in terms of investments, reacting to school quality later in childhood. There is also evidence of cross-productivity between reading and math skills and socio-emotional development.