The socioeconomic gradient of child development: Cross- sectional evidence from children 6-42 months in Bogota

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 464-483

  Rubio Codina, Marta ^a   Attanasio, Orazio ^b   Meghir, Costas ^c,d   Varela, Natalia ^e   Grantham McGregor, Sally ^f  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CROSS SECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84929659423     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.50.2.464     Document Type: Article

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