Helmers, Christian; Patnam, Manasa - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 67-121
. We incorporate spatial peer interaction, defined as a child’s nearest geographical neighbors, into a production function … of child cognitive development in Andhra Pradesh, India. Our peer group definition takes the form of networks, whose … strongly positively associated with a child’s cognitive skill formation. Further, we explore the effect of peer groups in …