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Abstract

The current phenomenon shows an increasing work activities by both fathers and mothers to fulfil household needs. This social change is feared to give children imbalance time, causing children’s development to be not optimal. This study aims to see the influence of parental working hour on children’s cognitive scores in Indonesia. This study used data from IFLS Survey in 2007 and 2014 with a unit of analysis of children aged 7 to 14 used an OLS estimation method. The results of this study indicate that parental working hours had negative influence on children’s cognitive scores.

Bahasa Abstract

Fenomena saat ini menunjukkan peningkatan aktivitas bekerja, baik ayah maupun ibu, demi memenuhi kebutuhan rumah tangga. Perubahan sosial ini dikhawatirkan memberikan ketidakseimbangan waktu pada anak-anak dan menyebabkan perkembangan anak menjadi tidak optimal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh jam kerja orang tua terhadap skor kognitif anak di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan data dari Survei IFLS tahun 2007 dan 2014 dengan unit analisis anak-anak berusia 7 hingga 14 tahun menggunakan metode estimasi OLS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa jam kerja orang tua memiliki pengaruh negatif terhadap skor kognitif anak-anak.

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