Estimating the production function for human capital: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Colombia

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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 disavantaged children aged 12 to 24 months at baseline. We estimate the determinants of parents' material and time investments in these children and evaluate the impact of the treatment on such investments. We then estimate the production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills. The effects of the program can be explained by increases in parental investments, emphasizing the importance of parenting interventions at an early age.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. W20/03

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household ; Education and Inequality ; Education and Economic Development ; Education: Government Policy ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
• Subject: Frühkindliche Bildung ; Kognition ; Soziales Verhalten ; Produktionsfunktion ; Bildungsinvestition ; Theorie ; Kolumbien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Attanasio, Orazio P. ; Cattan, Sarah ; Fitzsimons, Emla ; Meghir, Costas ; Rubio-Codina, Marta
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
• (where): London
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2020.320
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223279
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET