Search Results - subject:"cognitive development"

Maternity leave and children's cognitive and behavioral development

Baker, Michael; Milligan, Kevin - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 2, pp. 373-391

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The impact of maternal depression on children's cognitive development : an analysis based on panel quantile regressions

Yu, Linyue; Wilcox, Virginia - In: Economics letters 126 (2015), pp. 107-109

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Economic deprivation, maternal depression, parenting and children's cognitive and emotional development in early childhood

Kiernan, Kathleen E.; Huerta, Maria Carmen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

infancy and mother's mental well-being are associated with children's cognitive development and behaviour problems at age 3 …

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The Impact of Being Poor During Crisis on Child Health and Cognitive Development in Indonesia

Wediawaty, Rosy - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2014

Asian Financial 1997/1998 crisis has impacts on child health and cognitive development in Indonesia. By running pooled cross …-section model, this study finds that generally crisis has not had negative impacts on child health and cognitive development for …. Expenditure levels and mothers’ education are strong predictors for child health and cognitive development. …

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Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780–1850

Baten, Jorg; Crayen, Dorothee; Voth, Hans-Joachim - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) July, pp. 418-430

Using census-based data on the ability to recall one's age, we show that low levels of nutrition impaired numeracy in industrializing England, 1780 to 1850: cognitive ability declined among those born during the Napoleonic wars. The effect was stronger in areas where grain was expensive and...

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Family Size, Cognitive Outcomes, and Familial Interaction in Stable, Two-Parent Families: United States, 1997–2002

Sandberg, John; Rafail, Patrick - In: Demography 51 (2014) 5, pp. 1895-1931

<Para ID="Par1">Measures of children’s time use, particularly with parents and siblings, are used to evaluate three hypotheses in relation to the vocabulary and mathematical skills development: (1) the resource dilution hypothesis, which argues that parental and household resources are diluted in larger...</para>

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Poor, hungry and ignorant: Numeracy and the impact of high food prices in industrializing Britain, 1780-1850

Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee; Voth, Joachim - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

This paper uses the ability to recall one’s age correctly as an indicator of numeracy. We show that low levels of nutrition impaired numeracy in industrializing England, 1780-1850. Numeracy declined markedly among those born during the war years, especially where wheat was dear. England’s...

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Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents’ Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children

Liu, Shirley H.; Heiland, Frank - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2007

Using a representative sample of children all born to unwed parents drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), we investigate whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using a treatment outcome approach to account for...

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Anthropometric Failures: Nutrition, Early Child Interventions and Emotional, and Cognitive Development Potentials

Giuffrida, Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

This presentation deals with the following issue: how poverty, poor health, nutrition and care affect child development. The author reviews a series of "capabilities approaches," including concepts such as the conversion of primary good into the person's ability to promote his/her ends. This...

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Early Social-Emotional and Cognitive Basis for Human Development Potential, and Improved Quality of Life

Greenspan, Stanley; Breinbauer, Cecilia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

This presentation discusses the effects of social motivation on brain development in early childhood and the role of emotions on child development. Optimal nutrition and social-emotional development are the basic building blocks for higher level thinking abilities, human development and quality...

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