Causal effects of education on the behaviour of parents toward their children

The research question is whether there is a causal impact of parental education on the behaviors of parents toward their children. The goal, in particular, is to investigate how the education of parents affects their punishment styles. The methodology that is used is the Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design. The 1997 education reform is used as an instrumental variable. The results indicate that maternal education raises the probability of banning the children from using mobile phones, playing games, watching TV, and also the probability of not giving pocket money and slapping. The negative impacts of maternal education on the usage of punishment are presented. The outcomes for region categorization reveal that there is a positive correlation between maternal education and the probability of banning the children from using mobile phones, playing games, watching TV, and also the probability of not buying what children want, and slapping in high-income regions. But, the probability of beating, punishments, not talking with them, not letting them see friends, and banning the children from the internet was lower among mothers with more education and living in high-income regions. The findings are checked for household income level, labor force participation, and the exclusion of the 1986 birth cohort. The outlines of this research are as follows. Chapter I is the introduction section. In chapter II, education, parental education, and child discipline methods are described. Then, the identification problem and its solution are explained. In chapter III, the data, methodology, and model are offered. In chapter IV, the findings are presented. Chapter V is the conclusion section of the research.