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| dc.title | The Inter-Generational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities in Guatemala |
| dc.contributor.author | Calderón, María Cecilia |
| dc.contributor.author | Hoddinott, John |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Guatemala |
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-23T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2011-05-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines early childhood development (ECD) outcomes and their association with family characteristics, investments, and environmental factors, with particular emphasis on the inter- generational transmission of cognitive abilities. The paper examines the causal relationship between parental cognitive abilities and ECD outcomes of their offspring using a rich data set from rural Guatemala that can account for such unobservable factors. A 10 percent increase in maternal Raven's scores increase children's Raven's scores by 7.8 percent. A 10 percent increase in maternal reading and vocabulary skills increases children's score on a standard vocabulary test by 5 percent. Effects are larger for older children, and the impact of maternal cognitive skills is larger than for paternal skills. |
| dc.format.extent | 41 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011205 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Inter-Generational-Transmission-of-Cognitive-Abilities-in-Guatemala.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Youth and Children |
| dc.subject | Early Childhood Education |
| dc.subject | Poverty |
| dc.subject | Child Development |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity |
| dc.subject.jelcode | N36 - Latin America • Caribbean |
| dc.subject.keywords | IDB-WP-247, Early childhood development, Guatemala, cognitive development, inter-generational transmission of cognitive abilities, economic productivity |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |
| idb.operation | RG-K1091 |