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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Emla Fitzsimons: UCL Institute of Education & Institute for Fiscal Studies
Marta Rubio-Codina: Institute for Fiscal Studies & Inter-American Development Bank
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No 1987, 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. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of maternal skills and child's past skills, as well as material and time investments that are treated as endogenous. The effects of the program can be fully explained by increases in parental investments, which have strong effects on outcomes and are complementary to both maternal skills and child's past skills.

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: 91 pages
Date: 2015-02
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Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
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Working Paper: Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia (2015)
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