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Human Capital Spillovers in Families : Do Parents Learn from or Lean on Their Children?

Kuziemko, Ilyana - 2011

to either learn from him (if children act as teachers then adults' cost of learning the skill falls) or lean on him (if … children's human capital substitutes for that of adults in household production then adults' benefit of learning the skill … also of adults living in the same household ("learning" outweighs "leaning"). Conversely, the 1998 introduction of English …

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How Much is Too Much? The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children's Social and Cognitive Development

Loeb, Susanna - 2009

Previous research has demonstrated that attending center care is associated with cognitive benefits for young children. However, little is known about the ideal age for children to enter such care or the quot;rightquot; amount of time, both weekly and yearly, for children to attend center...

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The Cognitive Link between Geography and Development : Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania

Field, Erica; Robles, Omar; Torero, Maximo - 2021

and suggest a potentially important role of variation in rates of learning disability in explaining cross-country growth …

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Child Care in Poor Communities : Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability

Loeb, Susanna; Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; … - 2021

Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in non-parental care due to policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality center-based care on children's cognitive growth. Yet we know little about the effects of center care...

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U.S. Safety Net Programs and Early Life Skills Formation : Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

Bolbocean, Corneliu - 2018

A large body of literature suggests that the first years of life are critical for long-term economic, health and social outcomes. However, the effect of public programs on early life skills formation is largely unknown due to data limitations. In this paper we use novel data from a large...

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Keepin' 'EM Down on the Farm : Migration and Strategic Investment in Children's Schooling

Jensen, Robert - 2017

In rural areas of most developing countries, intergenerational coresidence is both widespread and an important determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on the family farm or provide care and assistance around...

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2010

breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … suggest that the gender gap in breastfeeding explains 14 percent of excess female child mortality in India, or about 22 …

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Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India

Oster, Emily F. - 2007

inequality in those health investments in India. A simple theory of gender-biased parental investment suggests that gender … relationship between gender balance in vaccinations and the availability of quot;Health Campsquot; in India. I find support for a …

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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India

Attanasio, Orazio - 2015

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production …

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Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2015

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …

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