Children's Spare Or Busy Time? Exploring Differences in Extraschool Activities across Children in Europe and Understanding The Consequences for Later Outcomes
Aree / Gruppi di ricerca
Partecipanti al progetto
- Pronzato Chiara Daniela (Responsabile)
- Daniela Piazzalunga (Ricercatore)
- Elena Meroni (Ricercatore)
Descrizione del progetto
Increasingly, scientists from different disciplines have dedicated their efforts to understanding how childhood conditions influence the development of an individual. School and family play a role in this process. More prepared and motivated children today lead to more successful adults tomorrow, in the labor market as well as in all other life dimensions (health, civic participation, parenthood responsibilities) with benefits for the whole society.
Between the end of the school day and bedtime, time can be used for more or less structured activities, with other children and adults. Very little is known about how children from different families spend this time and what consequences it can have on their development and well-being and nothing is known about how participation in extra-curricular activities depends on offers and prices.
Evidence from the US shows that participation in extra-curricular activities is becoming, together with other traits (family stability, parenting style, economic and cultural resources), a further distinction of diverging destinies of “our kids”. Children from more advantaged families have access to better opportunities in their extra school time, potentially increasing inequality.
Yet there was no study in Europe that addresses this issue. The aim of project was to fill this gap by providing new evidence on the effects of the use of extra-school time on child development and wellbeing.
Risultati e pubblicazioni
Allocation of time and child socio-emotional skills
2022-01-01 Elena Claudia Meroni, Daniela Piazzalunga, Chiara Pronzato https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1877599
Documentazione
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24. timeuse.pdf
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