Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2010
Abstract
Using three-period panel data drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we investigate whether television (TV) viewing at ages 6–7 and 8–9 years affects children's social and behavioural development at ages 8–9 years. Dynamic panel data models are estimated to handle the unobserved child-specific factor, endogeneity of TV viewing, and the dynamic nature of the causal relation. Special emphasis is placed on this last aspect, focusing on how early TV viewing affects interim child behavioural problems and in turn affects future TV viewing. Overall, we find that TV viewing during ages 6–7 and 8–9 years increases child behavioural problems at ages 8–9 years, and that the effect is economically sizable.
Discipline
Behavioral Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Pacific Economic Review
Volume
14
Issue
4
First Page
474
Last Page
501
ISSN
1361-374X
Identifier
10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00468.x
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
HUANG, Fali and LEE, Myoung-jae.
Does Television Viewing Affect Children's Behaviour?. (2010). Pacific Economic Review. 14, (4), 474-501.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/495
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00468.x