Parental marriage and the non-cognitive abilities of infants and toddlers: Survey findings from China Family Panel Studies |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430073, China;2. Center for Public Economy & Public Policy, School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;1. Central Bank of Luxembourg, Luxembourg;2. Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Luxembourg;1. University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4700 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89119, United States;2. Korea Development Institute, 263 Namsejong-ro, Sejong-si 30149, Republic of Korea;1. DiGESIM, University of Napoli Parthenope, Napoli, Italy;2. Center for Economic Studies – CESifo, Italy;3. Department of Human and Social Science, University of Napoli L′Orientale, Napoli, Italy;4. Department of Mathematics, Information Sciences and Economics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy;5. National University Centre for Applied Economic Studies – CMET 05, Italy;1. School of Public Finance and Taxation, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Nanhu Road 182, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430073, China;2. School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, China;1. Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Physical Education in Kraków, Poland;2. Pain Research Group, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Early childhood is a critical period for developing children’s abilities. Non-cognitive abilities are comparable to or even stronger than cognitive abilities in predicting many socioeconomic outcomes. Usually, most scholars take personality as the core indicator of non-cognitive abilities. While temperament is also an important component of children’s non-cognitive abilities, it was often ignored in previous studies. Based on the panel data from the 2018 and 2020 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this study investigates the effects of parental marital satisfaction on the non-cognitive development of children aged one to three; meanwhile, the heterogeneous effects and mechanisms were also examined. The results show that young children exhibit more negative emotions when their parents reported dissatisfaction with their marriages. Parental depression was an important mechanism of parental marital satisfaction affecting children’s non-cognitive development, while the frequency of parent-child interaction was not. The effects of marital dissatisfaction on non-cognitive abilities were heterogeneous across child age and gender, as well as parental genders and education levels. The findings shed some light on the early interventions and offer important reference values for public policies aimed at improving family welfare and children’s non-cognitive development. |
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| Keywords: | Marital satisfaction Infants and toddlers Non-cognitive abilities China |
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