RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 446
OP 463
DO 10.3368/jhr.50.2.446
VO 50
IS 2
A1 Schady, Norbert
A1 Behrman, Jere
A1 Araujo, Maria Caridad
A1 Azuero, Rodrigo
A1 Bernal, Raquel
A1 Bravo, David
A1 Lopez-Boo, Florencia
A1 Macours, Karen
A1 Marshall, Daniela
A1 Paxson, Christina
A1 Vakis, Renos
YR 2015
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/50/2/446.abstract
AB This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic status in early childhood for five Latin American countries using a common measure of receptive language ability. We find important differences in development in early childhood across countries and steep socioeconomic gradients within every country. For the three countries where we can follow children over time, there are few substantive changes in scores once children enter school. Our results are robust to different ways of defining socioeconomic status, to different ways of standardizing outcomes, and to selective nonresponse on our measure of cognitive development.