Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries

This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children''s human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children''s human capital in the form of cognitive skills, socioemotional skills and physical and mental health; then reviews estimates of impacts of these forms of hum...