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What determines adult cognitive skills? : influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-32

Most empirical investigations of the effects of cognitive skills assume that they are produced by schooling. Drawing on longitudinal data to estimate production functions for adult verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills, we find that: (1) School attainment has a significant and substantial effect...

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Impact of the Juntos conditional cash transfer program on nutritional and cognitive outcomes in Peru : comparison between younger and older initial exposure

Sanchez, Alan; Meléndez, Guido; Behrman, Jere R. - In: Economic development and cultural change 68 (2020) 3, pp. 865-897

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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills among adolescents in India

Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 193 (2022), pp. 66-97

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Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood : evidence from Ethiopia and Peru

Lopez, Jennifer; Behrman, Jere R.; Cueto, Santiago; … - In: Economics of education review 100 (2024), pp. 1-16

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Parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries

Behrman, Jere R. - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2022

This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills,...

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Are girls' and boys' cognitive test performance in adolescence differently affected by deprivation at earlier ages?

Le Thuc Duc; Behrman, Jere R. - In: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics 85 (2023) 4, pp. 671-691

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