Relationship Between Mother's Time Allocation and Child's Health

The time parents devote to caring for their children is an enormous and under-appreciated component of society?s investment in human capital. These investments may be at risk mainly due to the growing proportion of women entering the labor market. What are the consequences of such actions? This paper does some preliminary research to find out the impact of mother's time allocation in taking care of the child and its subsequent consequences on the child's health and future.