Actuarial seminar - Professor Rajabrata Banerjee - University of Adelaide

A seminar by Professor Rajabrata Banerjee from University of Adelaide

Title: Parental Dysfunction and Child Cognitive and Non-cognitive Outcomes

Abstract: This paper explores the role of parental dysfunction in a child's cognitive and non-cognitive development. We focus on a relatively underexplored dimension of family dysfunction: the relationship between couples in the context of coparenting responsibilities. We employ the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a nationally representative longitudinal survey spanning 2004-2019, which enables us to control for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and to use comprehensive measures of dysfunction and child outcomes. We pay particular attention to teacher responses rather than parent reports to mitigate self-reporting bias. We further examine differential effects across heterogeneous groups, including gender and migration status. Our results show that good co-parenting has a significant positive effect on both cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of their children. Moreover, fewer disagreements over basic child-rearing issues have a significantly positive effect on non-cognitive outcomes, but no effect on cognitive outcomes. These results have significant policy implications for both family planning and government care for future generations.

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