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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Cattan, Sarah; Fitzsimons, Emla; … - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166038
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Meghir, Costas; Attanasio, Orazio; Cattan, Sarah; … - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169772
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Cattan, Sarah; Fitzsimons, Emla; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183122
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio; Kugler, Adriana; Meghir, Costas - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 3, pp. 188-220
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150619
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Human capital development and parental investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015
in understanding how early health outcomes are important in child development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558635
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Cattan, Sarah; Fitzsimons, Emla; … - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513220
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Human capital development and parental investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015
in understanding how early health outcomes are important in child development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471856
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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio - 2019
show an important effect of early health on child cognitive development, which then becomes persistent. Parental investments … affect cognitive development at all ages, but more so for younger children. Investments also have an impact on health at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891217
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital : Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio - 2018
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children aged 12 to 24 months at baseline. We estimate the determinants of parents' material and time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915376
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital : Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio - 2019
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children aged 12 to 24 months at baseline. We estimate the determinants of parents' material and time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870743