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Does schooling improve cognitive abilities at older ages : causal evidence from nonparametric bounds

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2022

ages using the Harmonized Cognition Assessment Protocol in the Health & Retirement Study. To address endogeneity concerns … on cognition. We also replicate findings from the Health & Retirement Study using another sample of older adults from the … Midlife in United States Development Study Cognition Project. …

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Does schooling improve cognitive abilities at older ages : causal evidence from nonparametric bounds

Grant, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2022

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Human capital and social mobility in low- and middle-income countries

Behrman, Jere R. - 2019

Parental human capital and endowments may affect children's human capital, which in turn may affect children's earning and occupations and thus affect social mobility. This paper focuses on what we know about these possible links in low- and middle-income countries. It starts with definitions of...

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Gradientes de riqueza en el desarrollo cognitivo durante la primera infancia en cinco países de América Latina

Schady, Norbert Rüdiger; Behrman, Jere R.; Araujo, … - 2014

Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic...

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Does parental absence reduce cognitive achievements? : evidence from rural China

Zhang, Hongliang; Zhang, Junsen; Fan, Chengze Simon; … - In: Journal of development economics 111 (2014), pp. 181-195

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Wealth disparities for early childhood anthropometrics and skills : evidence from Chilean longitudinal data

Behrman, Jere R.; Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Palma, Isidora - 2017

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Wealth disparities for early childhood anthropometrics and skills : evidence from Chilean longitudinal data

Behrman, Jere R.; Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Palma, Isidora - 2017

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Early life nutrition and subsequent education, health, wage and intergenerational effects

Behrman, Jere R. - 2008

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

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - 2006

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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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