@unpublished{885,
  keywords = {Brain and cognitive development, Work/employment and earnings, Parenting},
  author = {Natasha Cabrera and Ronald Mincy and Hyunjoon Um},
  title = {The long-reach of fathers{\textquoteright} earnings on children{\textquoteright}s skills in two-parent families: Parental investments, family processes, and children{\textquoteright}s language skills},
  abstract = {Using a sample of 735 two-parent families drawn from the FFCWS, we examined the direct
and indirect associations between fathers{\textquoteright} permanent earnings during the early childhood and
children{\textquoteright}s cognitive and behavioral outcomes at ages 5 and 9 through parental investments,
family processes, and children{\textquoteright}s skills at age 3. We found that fathers{\textquoteright} earnings in the early
years were significantly related to children{\textquoteright}s language skills at age 5 but not to aggressive
behavior or to any outcomes at age 9. The association between earnings and language skills at
age 5 and math and reading at age 9 were mediated by cognitively stimulating materials and
children{\textquoteright}s language skills at age 5. The effect sizes are small and the mediating effects of
fathers{\textquoteright} earnings on reading and math are only for children of the highest earning fathers. For
two-parent families, policies to increase fathers{\textquoteright} earnings alone will have little impact on
children{\textquoteright}s development.},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://ffcws.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf4356/files/documents/wp18-06-ff.pdf},
}