Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Orazio Attanasio,
Sarah Cattan (),
Emla Fitzsimons,
Costas Meghir and
Marta Rubio-Codina
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Orazio Attanasio: University College London & Institute for Fiscal Studies
Emla Fitzsimons: UCL Institute of Education & Institute for Fiscal Studies
Marta Rubio-Codina: Institute for Fiscal Studies & Inter-American Development Bank
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Marta Rubio Codina ()
No 1987R3, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers from Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
Abstract:
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children aged 12 to 24 months at baseline. We estimate the determinants of parents� material and time investments in these children and evaluate the impact of the treatment on such investments. We then estimate the production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills. The effects of the program can be explained by increases in parental investments, emphasizing the importance of parenting interventions at an early age.
Keywords: Early childhood development; Human capital; Poverty alleviation; Nonlinear factor models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I25 I32 J13 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 109 pages
Date: 2015-02, Revised 2018-05
Note: Includes Supplimental Material
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Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
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