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International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2021, 3(5); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2021.030512.

What makes a good Dad/Head of Household other than earning bread?—A Non-pecuniary Study based on ATUS and PSID

Author(s)

Xuan Wang

Corresponding Author:
Xuan Wang
Affiliation(s)

Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, U.S.A

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between the dads/head of households’ behavior and child performance to measure the effects of fraternal parent absence and dissatisfaction on the child performance using the ATUS data from the BLS and the PSID database from the University of Michigan.

Keywords

Intergeneration Human Capital, Family Economics, ATUS, PSID, Child Assessment, Family Behavior

Cite This Paper

Xuan Wang. What makes a good Dad/Head of Household other than earning bread?—A Non-pecuniary Study based on ATUS and PSID. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2021), Vol. 3, Issue 5: 64-77. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2021.030512.

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