@article{article_458003, title={MOTHER’S EMPLOYMENT, CHILD CARE USE AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD}, journal={Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={16}, pages={17–35}, year={2018}, DOI={10.11611/yead.458003}, author={Pekkurnaz, Didem}, keywords={Çocuk Bakımı,Bilişsel Gelişim,Genelleştirilmiş Beklemler Yöntemi}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;"> <i> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">This
paper aims to analyze the effects of mother’s employment and non-parental child
care on cognitive development in early childhood. Investment in the development
of children at early rather than later ages provides higher returns in terms of
labor market outcomes. Thus, decision making process of primary care givers are
extremely important at this period. A nationally representative longitudinal
data for the United States of America is used in this paper. Hybrid production
function for the cognitive development is estimated within a dynamic framework
using a two-step system Generalized Method of Moments estimator. The results
show that more hours of center-based care significantly increase cognitive
achievement and this holds true when center-based care is defined as full- or
part-time. Furthermore, both a high quality home environment and a high quality
out-of-home child care improve a child’s cognitive development while there is
no statistically significant impact of maternal work hours. </span> </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={4}, publisher={Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi}