This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children … school years) in four developing countries: Peru, Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam. Intercontinental evidence on the timing …

To understand the household decision-making process regarding food expenditures for children in poor households in …) allocated money between themselves and nutritious meals for one of their children. First, we find strong empirical support for … children’s meals than men. Third, the spouses’ respective bargaining positions derived from consumption patterns strongly …

where we can follow children over time, there are few substantive changes in scores once children enter school. Our results …

,311 children 6-42 months in Bogota, Colombia. We compare scores on these short tests to those on the Bayley Scales of Infant and … motor development has the highest concurrence below 19 months, and language above. Results do not vary by household socio …

,311 children 6-42 months in Bogota, Colombia. We compare scores on these short tests to those on the Bayley Scales of Infant and … motor development has the highest concurrence below 19 months, and language above. Results do not vary by household socio …

Spanish. PRIDI created a new tool, the Engle Scale, for evaluating development in children aged 24 to 59 months in four … children develop and the adult-child interactions predominant within this environment - referred to in this study as the … maternal education. Gaps between the development of children in the top and low extremes in these factors matter. By 59 months …