Transmisión intergeneracional de habilidades cognitivas por niveles socioeconómicos: una aplicación de modelos switching

David Mayer-Foulkes and María Fernanda López Olivo

No DTE 365, Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía

Abstract: Using a switching model, we show significative differences in the formation of infant cognitive capacity across mexican social strata (data from ENNVIH 2002). This varies according to parental wealth and human capital. Low-income children acquire a lower cognitive capacity than higher-income children. They also depend more on the cognitive ability of their mother and father, and on their stature---an indicator of nutrition. These observations are consistent with the existence of wealth restrictions amongst poor families that impede an optimal investment in child development.

Keywords: switching model; formation of infant cognitive capacity; mexican social strata (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2006-07
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