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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
Early motherhood remains a widespread phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the consequences of early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026021
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
Early motherhood remains a widespread phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the consequences of early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037965
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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A bit of salt a trace of life : gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2020 - Current version: Tuesday 8th September, 2020
in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects … for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite. We show in a simple model of parental investment that gender … preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427619
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A Bit of Salt a Trace of Life - Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2020
in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects … for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite. We show in a simple model of parental investment that gender … preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014093306
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507364
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Cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, and school-to-work transitions in rural China
Glewwe, Paul; Huang, Qiuqiong; Park, Albert - 2017
Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market … children from one of China's poorest provinces, we find that both cognitive and noncognitive skills, measured when children are … schooling, there is no strong evidence that skills measured in childhood predict wages in the early years of labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613141
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Child Labor And Schooling In Bolivia: Who’s Falling Behind? The Roles Of Domestic Work, Gender And Ethnicity
Contreras, Dante; Kruger, Daniela; Zapata, Daniela - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2007
decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and that gender and ethnicity matter. Boys are more likely to work if pure market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558645
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Child labor and schooling in Bolivia: Who’s falling behind?
Guajardo, Dante Contreras; Kruger, Diana; Zapata, Daniela - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2007
decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and that gender and ethnicity matter. Boys are more likely to work if pure market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527247
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark; Zhang, Junsen - Economics Department, Yale University - 2012
development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706042