This study investigates the role of parenting styles in child development in Rural Thailand using early childhood panel data. Our results across various specifications indicate that an authoritarian parenting style was negatively and significantly associated with the child’s non-cognitive skills, whereas results for cognitive skills were generally insignificant. These results imply that parenting styles affect non-cognitive skills, but not cognitive skills, of children aged between five and eleven years. However, we found that the impact of authoritative parenting is less conclusive.
Thailand with rich background information on child, caregiver, parent, and household characteristics. We find that the caregiver discount factor positively correlates with a child’s ability to delay gratification, regardless of whether the caregiver is a parent. This correlation is stronger when both parents live at home than when neither of them is present, and when the main caregivers are older. In addition, children’s age, literacy ability, and being a firstborn child (versus later-born) are significantly associated with children’s time preferences, while other variables, e.g., screen time, are not.
“การทํางานที่ตรงโจทย์ปัญหามากที่สุด คือ การลดจํานวนเด็กที่มีสมรรถนะพื้นฐาน ค่อนข้างต่่ำให้ได้มากที่สุด ด้วยการให้เวลา ให้โอกาส และเติมเต็มทรัพยากร เพื่อเด็กกลุ่มนี้ จะช่วยเพิ่มเปอร์เซ็นต์เด็กสมรรถนะสูงไปในตัว”