Browsing by Author "Macours, Karen"
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Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth : Long-term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
Barham, Tania; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A. (BID, 2013-06)The effects of early life circumstances on cognitive skill formation are important for later human capital development, labor market outcomes and well-being. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the first 1,000 days ... -
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 ... -
Gradientes de riqueza en el desarrollo cognitivo durante la primera infancia en cinco países de América Latina
Vakis, Renos; Paxson, Christina; Marshall, Daniela; Macours, Karen; López Bóo, Florencia; Bravo, David; Bernal, Raquel; Azuero, Rodrigo; Araujo, María Caridad; Behrman (BID, 2014-08)Los estudios llevados a cabo en Estados Unidos demuestran que las brechas en las habilidades tempranas cognitivas y no cognitivas se producen muy pronto en la vida. Es poco lo que se conoce sobre este importante asunto en ... -
Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America : Review of the Evidence
Molina-Millan, Teresa; Barham, Tania; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A.; Stampini, Marco (BID, 2016-01)The report critically review the literature on the long-term impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in Latin America. We define long-term impacts as those that both: 1) are related to the accumulation of human ... -
More Schooling and More Learning?: Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years
Barham, Tania; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A. (BID, 2013-07)CCT programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little doubt that such programs can increase enrollment ... -
Six years of Comunidades Solidarias Rurales : Impacts on School Entry of an Ongoing Conditional Cash Transfer Program in El Salvador
Sánchez Chico, Ana; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A.; Stampini, Marco (BID, 2018)Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are important anti-poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is little evidence, however, of the effectiveness of ongoing CCT programs several years after they have ... -
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 ...