Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 446-463

  Schady, Norbert ^a   Behrman, Jere ^b   Araujo, Maria Caridad ^a   Azuero, Rodrigo ^b   Bernal, Raquel ^c   Bravo, David ^d   Lopez Boo, Florencia ^a   Macours, Karen ^e   Marshall, Daniela ^a   Paxson, Christina ^f   Vakis, Renos ^g  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LANGUAGE; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STANDARDIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84929657859     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.50.2.446     Document Type: Article

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