THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF LIFE: THEORY, MEASUREMENT, AND POLICIES
By O. Attanasio. 2015
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In this paper, I discuss a research agenda on the study of human capital accumulation in the early years, with a particular focus on developing countries. I discuss several methodological issues, from the use of structural models, to the importance of measurement and the development of new measurement tools. I present a conceptual framework that can be used to frame the study of human capital accumulation and view the current challenges and gaps in knowledge within such an organizing structure. I provide an example of the use of such a framework to interpret the evidence on the impacts of an early years intervention based on randomized controlled trial.
Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics
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- Parental Beliefs About Returns to Educational Investments - The Later the Better? (2015, background): “5In his recent EEA presidential address, Attanasio (2015) discusses the recent developments in the skill accumulation literature and stresses the importance of investigating the role of parental beliefs in understanding parental investment decisions and child outcomes.”
- Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission (2017, unknown): “4 Information frictions are also emphasized in a recent empirical literature (Attanasio 2015, Attanasio et al. 2015, and Dizon-Ross 2016) arguing that parental investment in child rearing hinges not only on parents’ objectives and resource constraints, but also on their possibly incorrect beliefs ab”