Living Environments and Child Development: Comparing Two Groups of Out-of-Home Children
利用210名韩国儿童的调查和实验数据，比较传统孤儿院和家庭式集体之家的儿童发展差异，发现家庭式环境更有利于儿童的利他性、情绪稳定、学校满意度和前瞻性。
Using unique data on 210 Korean children from surveys and experiments, this paper examines whether living environments matter for child development. We compare two groups of out-of-home children in different environments: traditional orphanage-type institutions and family-like group homes. We exploit the arguably random assignment of children to institutions, generated by variation in the relative availability of group homes across regions over the years. We find that children in group homes are more altruistic, emotionally stable, satisfied with school, and forward-looking. Our findings suggest that family-like environments with fewer coresidents and more intimate relationships are beneficial to children separated from their parents.