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Department of Economics

Internal Seminar: Riccardo Sargenti

Title: Triggering Parental Time-Investments on Preschool Children through a mindful parenting program: the results of the 1st wave of “MinUTo: Mind Us Together” and the design of the 2nd and 3rd wave

  • Date: 08 September 2021 from 13:00 to 14:00

  • Event location: Microsoft Teams

Abstract

Disparities in parental investments in early childhood formation are key drivers of subsequent gaps in emotional and cognitive development of children. We designed a program – MinUTo – targeting parents of preschoolers, and collected a novel longitudinal dataset of parents’ preferences, beliefs, and time use in activities that involve their children. We present preliminary results on the program’s impact based on the 1st wave of MinUTo and discuss the design of the 2nd and 3rd wave: we plan to exploit changes in parental investments induced by the program to assess its effects on children's outcomes.