RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Impact of Maternal Imprisonment on Children’s Educational Achievement
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 772
OP 797
DO 10.3368/jhr.44.3.772
VO 44
IS 3
A1 Cho, Rosa Minhyo
YR 2009
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/44/3/772.abstract
AB This paper examines how the cognitive skills of elementary school-aged children are affected by having a mother enter prison, using panel data on approximately 7,000 children for 12 years. To identify the effect of maternal imprisonment, change in test scores of children whose mothers enter prison are compared with the change in test scores of a nonexperimental comparison group controlling for observed and unobserved fixed characteristics. Results suggest that maternal imprisonment is not associated with a decline in children’s reading or math standardized test scores.