TY - JOUR
T1 - Living environments and child development
T2 - Comparing two groups of out-of-home children
AU - Chung, Ick Joong
AU - Lee, Jungmin
AU - Sawada, Yasuyuki
AU - Sim, Seung Gyu
AU - Son, Jinyeong
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the editor, associate editor, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments. We would like to thank Lea Sumulong at the Asian Development Bank and our research assistants at Seoul National University for their excellent assistance. Lee’s work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017S1A5A2A01024950). Sawada’s work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S-26220502) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.1
Funding Information:
and our research assistants at Seoul National University for their excellent assistance. Lee’s work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017S1A5A2A01024950). Sawada’s work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S-26220502) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Using unique data on 210 Korean children from surveys and experiments, this paper examines whether living environments matter for child development. We compare two groups of out-of-home children in different environments: traditional orphanage-type institutions and family-like group homes. We exploit the arguably random assignment of children to institutions, generated by variation in the relative availability of group homes across regions over the years. We find that children in group homes are more altruistic, emotionally stable, satisfied with school, and forward-looking. Our findings suggest that family-like environments with fewer coresidents and more intimate relationships are beneficial to children separated from their parents.
AB - Using unique data on 210 Korean children from surveys and experiments, this paper examines whether living environments matter for child development. We compare two groups of out-of-home children in different environments: traditional orphanage-type institutions and family-like group homes. We exploit the arguably random assignment of children to institutions, generated by variation in the relative availability of group homes across regions over the years. We find that children in group homes are more altruistic, emotionally stable, satisfied with school, and forward-looking. Our findings suggest that family-like environments with fewer coresidents and more intimate relationships are beneficial to children separated from their parents.
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U2 - 10.1086/713568
DO - 10.1086/713568
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106937474
SN - 1932-8575
VL - 15
SP - 346
EP - 371
JO - Journal of Human Capital
JF - Journal of Human Capital
IS - 2
ER -