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answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they may have … analyze the effects of aggregate economic shocks on child schooling and health. They show that the expected effects are … literature on the subject. In richer countries, like the United States, child health and education outcomes are counter …
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This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital … the expected future human capital of children born today, following the methodology of the World Bank Human Capital Index …
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? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they … aggregate economic shocks on child schooling and health. It shows that the expected effects are ambiguous, because of a tension … countries, like the United States, child health and education outcomes are counter-cyclical: they improve during recessions. In …
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This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
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? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they … aggregate economic shocks on child schooling and health. It shows that the expected effects are ambiguous, because of a tension … countries, like the United States, child health and education outcomes are counter-cyclical: they improve during recessions. In …
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