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Homepage:https://www.younglives.org.uk/people/countryteams/marta-favara
Workplace:Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)
Young Lives, Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Long-Term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2022) Downloads
  2. What If It Never Happened? Subjective Treatment Effects of a Negative Shock on Youth Labour Market Outcomes in Developing Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads

2022

  1. How Early Nutrition and Foundational Cognitive Skills Interconnect? Evidence from Two Developing Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2022) Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills
    Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department Downloads
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: evidence from Ethiopia and Peru
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Downloads
    See also Journal Article Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2024) Downloads View citations (1) (2024)
  4. Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2022) Downloads
  5. The Mental Cost of Job Loss: Assessing the Impact on Young Adults in Vietnam
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
  6. The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills: the long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills: The long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2022) Downloads View citations (5) (2022)

2021

  1. Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2021) Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Expecting Better? How Young People Form Their Earnings Expectations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Peruvian Economic Association (2021) Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Unpacking the Post-lockdown Employment Recovery of Young Women in the Global South
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads

2020

  1. Early Motherhood and Offspring Human Capital in India
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Human Capital Development
    Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Maternal Age and Offspring Human Capital in India
    VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Downloads
    Also in Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) Downloads View citations (4)

2018

  1. The origins of cognitive skills and personality: the effect of in-utero climate shocks on children?s future life outcomes
    Proceedings of International Academic Conferences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences Downloads

2017

  1. Smarter through Social Protection? Evaluating the Impact of Ethiopia's Safety-Net on Child Cognitive Abilities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities, Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) Downloads View citations (9) (2019)

2016

  1. Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads
    See also Journal Article Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru, IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer (2017) Downloads View citations (4) (2017)
  2. Understanding Teenage Fertility, Cohabitation, and Marriage: The Case of Peru
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Avances de Investigación, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (2016) Downloads View citations (2)

2015

  1. Nigeria
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads

2013

  1. Is Self-Esteem a "Double Edged Sword"? Self-Esteem and the Onset of Adolescent Sexual Activity
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)

2012

  1. The Cost of Acting "Girly": Gender Stereotypes and Educational Choices
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (20)
  2. United we stand divided we fall: maternal social participation and children's nutritional status in Peru
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries
    World Development, 2024, 176, (C) Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru
    Economics of Education Review, 2024, 100, (C) Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: evidence from Ethiopia and Peru, PIER Working Paper Archive (2022) Downloads (2022)

2023

  1. Children having children: early motherhood and offspring human capital in India
    Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, (3), 1573-1606 Downloads View citations (5)

2022

  1. The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills: The long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India
    Economics & Human Biology, 2022, 44, (C) Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills: the long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) Downloads View citations (4) (2022)
  2. Young Lives, Interrupted: Short-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (6), 1063-1080 Downloads View citations (6)

2020

  1. Understanding teenage fertility in Peru: An analysis using longitudinal data
    Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (4), 1217-1236 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. “Not everything is lost”: The role of education during adolescence to mitigate the effects of the early experience of poverty
    Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (4), 1193-1195 Downloads

2019

  1. Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities
    Oxford Development Studies, 2019, 47, (1), 79-96 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Smarter through Social Protection? Evaluating the Impact of Ethiopia's Safety-Net on Child Cognitive Abilities, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (1) (2017)

2018

  1. Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru
    Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22, (2), 459-483 Downloads

2017

  1. Do Dreams Come True? Aspirations and Educational Attainments of Ethiopian Boys and Girls
    Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26, (5), 561-583 Downloads View citations (20)
  2. Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2017, 6, (1), 1-40 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads (2016)

Books

2017

  1. Stepping Up Skills in Urban Ghana
    World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (3)
 
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