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We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of … investments. We find that cognition is sensitive to investments throughout the age range we consider, while health is mainly …
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We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … functions include parental background, prior child cognition and health, and child investments, which are taken as endogenous … show an important effect of early health on child cognitive development, which then becomes persistent. Parental investments …
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In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131356
In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471856
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
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investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037965
investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026212
age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect … on health weakens over time, while the cognition effect surges in early adolescence. Further analysis suggests both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287944
age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect … on health weakens over time, while the cognition effect surges in early adolescence. Further analysis suggests both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419034
investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026021