The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from India
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children aged between one and twelve for Andhra Pradesh, India, we investigate the determinants of children's cognitive as well as non-cognitive skills. We find evidence of selfproductivity for cognitive...
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| description | Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children aged between one and twelve for Andhra Pradesh, India, we investigate the determinants of children's cognitive as well as non-cognitive skills. We find evidence of selfproductivity for cognitive skills and cross-productivity effects from cognitive on non-cognitive skills. Moreover, we demonstrate that parental investment has contemporaneously powerful positive effects on skill levels for all age groups. Investigating other determinants of these skills, we find child health at age one to influence cognitive abilities at age five, whilst child health at age one is influenced by parental care already during pregnancy and earliest childhood. Understanding the determinants which account explicitly for the effects of a large number of child, caregiver and household characteristics provides insights with regard to possible policy interventions to improve the chances of children in poor environments of developing cognitive and non-cognitive skills crucial for success in many spheres of life. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fe31e187-baeb-49f8-b71e-1e06aaac4ccf2022-03-27T13:34:29ZThe formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from IndiaWorking paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:fe31e187-baeb-49f8-b71e-1e06aaac4ccfChildren and youthHouseholdsFamilies,children and childcareSocial InequalityPovertyHealth and health policyEducationFamiliesEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetYoung Lives2009Helmers, CPatnam, MBuilding on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children aged between one and twelve for Andhra Pradesh, India, we investigate the determinants of children's cognitive as well as non-cognitive skills. We find evidence of selfproductivity for cognitive skills and cross-productivity effects from cognitive on non-cognitive skills. Moreover, we demonstrate that parental investment has contemporaneously powerful positive effects on skill levels for all age groups. Investigating other determinants of these skills, we find child health at age one to influence cognitive abilities at age five, whilst child health at age one is influenced by parental care already during pregnancy and earliest childhood. Understanding the determinants which account explicitly for the effects of a large number of child, caregiver and household characteristics provides insights with regard to possible policy interventions to improve the chances of children in poor environments of developing cognitive and non-cognitive skills crucial for success in many spheres of life. |
| spellingShingle | Children and youth Households Families,children and childcare Social Inequality Poverty Health and health policy Education Families Helmers, C Patnam, M The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from India |
| title | The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from India |
| title_full | The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from India |
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| title_short | The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition: evidence from India |
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| topic | Children and youth Households Families,children and childcare Social Inequality Poverty Health and health policy Education Families |
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