TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Berthelon, Matias
AU  - Contreras, Dante
AU  - Kruger, Diana
AU  - Palma, María Isidora
        TI  - Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development
        PY  - 2018/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11984
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11984
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - spanking
KW  - violence toward children
KW  - cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes
KW  - corporal punishment
KW  - child development
KW  - Chile
        ER  -