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Chapter 73. Investment in EducationInputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4883-4975). 2010
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala
Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
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Marriage markets, labor markets and unobserved human capital : an empirical exploration for South-Central India
Behrman, Jere R. - 1991
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Marriage markets, labor markets, and unobserverd human capital : an empirical exploration for south-central India
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Economic development and cultural change 43 (1995) 3, pp. 585-601
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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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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; … - 2022
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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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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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