Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
Karen Macours
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Résumé
It is often assumed that early life circumstances, in particular before age two, are important for later human capital development. Using experimental variation in the timing of benefits from a conditional cash transfer program, we test the hypothesis that intervention starting in utero and continuing in the first two years is critical. At age ten, boys exposed to the program during this period had better cognitive, but not anthropometric, outcomes than those exposed in their second year of life or later. The lack of a differential effect on anthropometrics was due catch-up growth.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
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Résumé |
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It is often assumed that early life circumstances, in particular before age two, are important for later human capital development. Using experimental variation in the timing of benefits from a conditional cash transfer program, we test the hypothesis that intervention starting in utero and continuing in the first two years is critical. At age ten, boys exposed to the program during this period had better cognitive, but not anthropometric, outcomes than those exposed in their second year of life or later. The lack of a differential effect on anthropometrics was due catch-up growth.
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Auteur(s) |
Karen Macours
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1
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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467-471
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Oui
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Non
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Anglais
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Non spécifiée
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Date de publication |
2013-05
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103
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Scientifique
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Sous-type de document pour les Articles |
Research article
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Papers and Proceedings
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Numéro spécial
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Financement |
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Conditional cash transfer program
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DOI | 10.1257/aer.103.3.467 |
ProdINRA | 199749 |
UT key WOS | 000322877000080 |
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