Locus of Control and its Intergenerational Implications for Early Childhood Skill Formation
基于主观理性模型，研究发现母亲在孕12周时测量的控制点（即个人信念对行为结果的影响程度）能预测其育儿态度和实际时间投入，并用于改进技能生产函数的估计。
This article builds upon Cunha's (2015) subjective rationality model in which parents have a subjective belief about the impact of their investment on their children's early skill formation. We propose that this subjective belief is determined partly by locus of control (LOC), i.e. the extent to which individuals believe that their actions can influence future outcomes. Consistent with the theory, we show that maternal LOC measured at the 12th week of gestation strongly predicts maternal attitudes towards parenting style and actual time investments. We also utilise maternal LOC to improve the specification typically used to estimate skill production function parameters.