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Violence During Early Childhood and Child Development

2018; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.3301743

1556-5068

Matías Berthelon, Dante Contreras, Diana Krüger, Isidora Palma,

Child Abuse and Trauma

Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Add Paper to My Library Share: Permalink Using these links will ensure access to this page indefinitely Copy URL Violence During Early Childhood and Child Development 55 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2018 See all articles by Matias BerthelonMatias BerthelonUniversity of Maryland - Department of EconomicsDante ContrerasUniversity of Chile - Department of EconomicsDiana I. KrugerPontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso; IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsIsidora PalmaUniversity of Chile Abstract We study the effects of violence towards children on early childhood development. We contribute to the literature providing estimates of the effects of violence (verbal and/or physical) that control for child-mother unobserved characteristics. We find that violence has negative effects on verbal skills (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) and socio-emotional development (Child Behavior Check List). We also find that violence affects girls in their vocabulary development and increases behavioral problems of both boys and girls, with stronger effects among boys; that the negative effects diminish as children get older; and that they are more harmful among children with less educated mothers. Keywords: violence toward children, spanking, corporal punishment, child development, cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes, Chile JEL Classification: O15, J12, J13, I31 Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation Berthelon, Matias and Contreras, Dante and Kruger, Diana I. and Palma, Isidora, Violence During Early Childhood and Child Development. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3301743 Matias Berthelon (Contact Author) University of Maryland - Department of Economics ( email ) College Park, MD 20742United States Dante Contreras University of Chile - Department of Economics ( email ) Diagonal Paraguay 257Torre 26, Of. 1801SantiagoChile Diana I. Kruger Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso ( email ) Avenida Brasil 2950Casilla 4059, Valparaiso, 2362736Chile56-32-27-33-52 (Phone)56-32-27-34-24 (Fax) HOME PAGE: http://www.ucv.cl IZA Institute of Labor Economics P.O. Box 7240Bonn, D-53072Germany Isidora Palma University of Chile ( email ) Pío Nono Nº1, ProvidenciaSantiago, R. Metropolitana 7520421Chile Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Do you have a job opening that you would like to promote on SSRN? Place job opening Paper statistics Downloads 43 Abstract Views 297 64 References PlumX Metrics Related eJournals IZA Institute of Labor Economics Discussion Paper Series Follow IZA Institute of Labor Economics Discussion Paper Series Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 7,539 PAPERS 14,412 This Journal is curated by: Klaus F. Zimmermann at Global Labor Organization (GLO), Marco Caliendo at University of Potsdam Labor: Human Capital eJournal Follow Labor: Human Capital eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 897 PAPERS 19,895 Labor: Demographics & Economics of the Family eJournal Follow Labor: Demographics & Economics of the Family eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 783 PAPERS 17,331 Political Economy - Development: Public Service Delivery eJournal Follow Political Economy - Development: Public Service Delivery eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 67 PAPERS 21,690 Feedback Feedback to SSRN Feedback (required) Email (required) Submit If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. Submit a Paper Section 508 Text Only Pages SSRN Quick Links SSRN Solutions Research Paper Series Conference Papers Partners in Publishing Jobs & Announcements Newsletter Sign Up SSRN Rankings Top Papers Top Authors Top Organizations About SSRN SSRN Objectives Network Directors Presidential Letter Announcements Contact us FAQs Copyright Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content. To learn more, visit Cookie Settings. This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in 0.219 seconds