Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: How Do Parents Perceive the Returns to Parenting Styles and Neighborhoods?
Author-Name: Lukas Kiessling
Author-Email: lkiessling@coll.mpg.de

Classification-JEL: I24, I26, J13, J24, D19, R23
Keywords: Subjective expectations, Parenting styles, Neighborhoods, Human capital

Abstract: This paper studies parental beliefs about the returns to two factors affecting the
development and long-term outcomes of children: (i) parenting styles defined by
warmth and control parents employ in raising children, and (ii) neighborhood
quality. Based on a representative sample of 2,119 parents in the United States,
I show that parents perceive large returns to the warmth dimension of parenting
as well as neighborhood quality, and document that they perceive parenting to
compensate for the lack of a good environment. I introduce a measurement error
correction to show that perceived returns relate to parents’ actual parenting
styles, but document that beliefs are unlikely to explain socioeconomic differences
in parenting behavior and families’ neighborhood choices.

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Length: 54
Creation-Date: 2021-03
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp270
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2021_270v2