Browsing by Author "Schady, Norbert"

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    • Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling and Child Health 

      Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Schady, Norbert (The World Bank, 2008-08)
      Do aggregate economic shocks, such as those caused by macroeconomic crises or droughts, reduce child human capital? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in ...

    • La calidad de los jardines de cuidado infantil y el desarrollo infantil 

      Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert (BID, 2017-02)
      El desarrollo en la primera infancia predice lo que serán los resultados en la escolaridad y el mercado laboral en la edad adulta. En este documento usamos una estrategia de identificación de efectos fijos para evaluar el ...

    • Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, And Cognitive Development In Early Childhood : Evidence From A Randomized Experiment 

      Macours, Karen; Schady, Norbert; Vakis, Renos (The World Bank, 2008-10)
      A variety of theories of skill formation suggest that investments in schooling and other dimensions of human capital will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early ...

    • El desarrollo infantil en el Perú y América Latina 

      Schady, Norbert (GRADE, 2016-09)
      Expone las experiencias en primera infancia en la región pero destaca que persisten serios problemas de nutrición y desarrollo, en particular en las poblaciones más pobres. Del mismo modo muestra como evidencia que varias ...

    • Development, Modernization, And Son Preference In Fertility Decisions 

      Filmer, Deon; Friedman, Jed; Schady, Norbert (The World Bank, 2008-09)
      A family preference for sons over daughters may manifest itself in different ways, including higher mortality, worse health status, or lower educational attainment among girls. This study focuses on one measure of son ...

    • Does Access to Better Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Improve Child Outcomes? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean 

      Schady, Norbert (BID, 2015-06)
      The document reviews the evidence on access to water and sanitation infrastructure and child outcomes In Latin America. It shows that there are large differences in access across countries and, within countries, between ...

    • Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 

      Schady, Norbert (The World Bank, 2006-03)
      There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in nutrition, health, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development. ...

    • Educación para la transformación 

      Alfonso, Mariana; Bos, María Soledad; Duarte, Jesús; Rondón, Carlos; Schady, Norbert; Verdisco, Aimee; Ñopo, Hugo; Moreno, Martín; Mizala, Alejandra; Gargiulo, Carlos; Severin, Eugenio; Capota, Christine; Rosero Moncayo, José; Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo; Sánchez Cobo, Fernando; Bassi, Marina; Santiago, Ana; Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Chemello, Graciela; Cabrol, Marcelo; Székely, Miguel (BID, 2012-10)
      ¿Es posible mejorar la calidad de la educación en América Latina y el Caribe? Según los expertos autores de estas páginas, hay soluciones pero no atajos: se trata de comenzar de cero y de apuntalar los aprendizajes sobre ...

    • Poverty Alleviation And Child Labor 

      Edmonds, Eric V.; Schady, Norbert (The World Bank, 2008-08)
      Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy on child labor. This paper focuses on a program of unconditional cash transfers in Ecuador. It argues ...

    • Teacher Quality and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten 

      Araujo, María Caridad; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu; Schady, Norbert (BID, 2016-01)
      The report assigned two cohorts of kindergarten students, totaling more than 24,000 children, to teachers within schools with a rule that is as-good-as-random. The authors collected data on children at the beginning of the ...

    • Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries 

      Schady, Norbert; Behrman, Jere; Araujo, María Caridad; Azuero, Rodrigo; Bernal, Raquel; Bravo, David; Lopez-Boo, Florencia; Macours, Karen; Marshall, Daniela; Paxson, Christina; Vakis, Renos (The World Bank, 2014-02)
      Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new ...