Social Interaction and Children's Academic Test Scores:Evidence from the National Child Development Study

Sarah Brown , Karl Taylor

We explore the relationship between educational attainment and social interaction using individual level data from the British . To be specific, we analyze whether an intergenerational aspect to this relationship exists by examining the relationship between the educational attainment of children and the degree of formal social activity undertaken by their parents. Our results suggest that children's scores in reading, mathematics and vocabulary tests are positively associated with the extent of their parents' formal social interaction, and this relationship is robust to alternative definitions of social interaction.

Mots clés: J24; Z12; Education; Human Capital; Social Capital; Social Interaction

Domaines: Économie et finance quantitative [q-fin]

Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor. Social Interaction and Children's Academic Test Scores:Evidence from the National Child Development Study. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 71 (2), pp.563. ⟨10.1016/j.jebo.2009.03.023⟩. ⟨hal-00685382⟩