What determines adult cognitive skills? Influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala

Latin American Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b   Maluccio, John A ^c   Soler Hampejsek, Erica ^d   Behrman, Emily L ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^e   Ramírez Zea, Manuel ^f   Stein, Aryeh D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Guatemala; Nutrition; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951851964     PISSN: 21983526     EISSN: 2196436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40503-014-0004-4     Document Type: Article

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