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Credit Constraints and Investment in Human Capital : Training Evidence from Transition Economies
Popov, Alexander A. - 2013
Using a unique survey database of 8265 firms from 25 transition economies, I find that lack of access to finance in general, and to bank credit in particular, is associated with significantly lower investment in on-the-job training. This effect is stronger in education-intensive industries and...
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What you learned by second grade matters : a comparative study on human capital formation in Madagascar and Senegal
Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013271337
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
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 … early ages and weakens over time, while the cognition effect surges only in early adolescence. The analysis on heterogeneous …
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Self-productivity and complementarities in human development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008
This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment
Macours, Karen (contributor);  … - 2008
"A variety of theories of skill formation suggest that investments in schooling and other dimensions of human capital will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer...
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Discovering one's talent : learning from academic specialization
Malamud, Ofer (contributor) - 2007
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Paternal uncertainty and the economics of mating, marriage, and parental investment in children
Bethmann, Dirk (contributor); Kvasnicka, Michael (contributor) - 2005
We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women derive utility from consumption and reproductive success,...
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The economics and psychology of inequality and human development
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence. It draws on and contributes to personality psychology and the psychology of human development. Inequalities in family environments and investments in children are substantial....
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Identity and educational choice : a behavioral approach
Ji, Yuemei - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824535
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The economics and psychology of inequality and human development
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2/3, pp. 320-364
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