This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children …

childhood investments, and their children's outcomes. To do so, we elicit ambiguity attitude and risk aversion preference … mothers' investment in nutrition of their children between the ages of 0-6, we find a robust and stable positive correlation … averse the mother, the greater her investments. Such investments are correlated with better children's cognitive and non …

larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …

Skills are an important predictor of labour, education, and wellbeing outcomes. Understanding the origins of skills …

Skills are an important predictor of labour, education, and wellbeing outcomes. Understanding the origins of skills …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million … children aged 0-5 are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production functions include parental background …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of …

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 … functions include parental background, prior child cognition and health, and child investments, which are taken as endogenous …

In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 …-15 years of age using two cohorts of children drawn from the Young Lives Survey for India. The inputs into the production … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be …