The dynamics of child rearing and child development

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Table of contents

1 Parental Rearing Practices, Cultural Transmission and Cognitive Development
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Related literature
1.2 A static model of child rearing
1.2.1 The child-rearing interaction
1.2.2 Television viewing for rearing purposes
1.3 The dynamics of child rearing and child development
1.4 Extensions
1.4.1 Child maltreatment and toxic stress as impediments to children cognitive development
1.4.2 The persistence of television viewing of young children
1.5 Conclusion
1.6 Appendix
1.6.1 Proof of Proposition 1
1.6.2 Proof of Proposition 2
2 A Theory on the Evolution of Religious Norms and Economic Prohibition 
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Related Literature
2.2 Motivating examples
2.2.1 Beyond the epistemological debate
2.2.2 The process of secularization on a Danish Island
2.2.3 The Sunni Revival
2.3 The Model
2.3.1 Competitive equilibrium when the religious are conservative
2.3.2 The dynamics of religious preferences
2.3.3 Perfectly forward looking religious leader
2.3.4 Collusion between political and religious authorities
2.4 Conclusion
2.5 Appendix
2.5.1 Competitive equilibrium
2.5.2 The dynamics of religious preferences
2.5.3 Proof of Proposition 2
2.5.4 Proof of Proposition 3
2.5.5 Proof of Proposition 4
3 Multi-candidate Political Competition and the Industrial Organization of Politics 
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Literature review
3.2 The canonical model
3.3 Axiomatic approach to probabilistic voting
3.4 Applications
3.4.1 Application 1: Special interest politics with heterogeneous voters and homogeneous entrants
3.4.2 Application 2: Special interest politics with homogeneous voters and heterogeneous entrants
3.4.3 Application 3: Endogenous entry and coalition formation in the legislature in proportional systems
3.4.4 Application 4: Redistributive policies under alternative voting rules
3.4.5 Application 6: Peaceful franchise extension in Democracy
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 Appendix
3.6.1 Proof of Theorem 1
3.6.2 Proof of Theorem 2
3.6.3 Proof of Proposition 1
3.6.4 Proof of Proposition 2
3.6.5 Proof of Proposition 4
3.6.6 Proof of Proposition 5
3.6.7 Proof of Proposition 6
3.6.8 Proof of Lemma 2
3.6.9 Proof of Proposition 7
3.6.10 Proof of Proposition 8
Main conclusion
References