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Title: Parental Reputation
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Pantano, Juan |
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Parental Reputation Presented: University of Chicago, Family Economics and Human Capital (FINET) Conference, November 2012 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Keyword(s): Academic Development; Birth Order; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Discipline; Educational Attainment; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles; School Performance; Television Viewing Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Pantano's model involves two types of parents--those that are naturally tough, and those that are lenient but may wish to mimic tough types to discourage bad behavior. But although these parents are rewarded for toughness through their child's school performance, they receive direct disutility from punishing their children. The children, on the other hand, receive some utility from their outcomes, but disutility from putting in effort--they also, naturally, dislike being punished. If a parent punishes children when low outcomes are seen, they develop a reputation for toughness, that carries over to future children, and is anticipated when these children choose how much effort to put in. This "reputation bonus" to punishment decreases from first-born to last-born. Therefore, the model predicts that punishment for the same level of underperformance should decline with birth order; and Pantano shows this effect is seen empirically in data from the NLSY. This model presents the possibility that some portion of birth-order effects may be due to the declining need with each subsequent child for parents to establish a reputation for toughness, relative to the cost of punishing children. By decreasing the cost of punishing bad behavior or increasing the ability to monitor a child's effort, it may be possible to reduce this component of the birth order effect. |
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Bibliography Citation
Pantano, Juan. "Parental Reputation." Presented: University of Chicago, Family Economics and Human Capital (FINET) Conference, November 2012. |