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The building blocks of skill development
(2016)
The recent literature on human capital formation has emphasized the dynamic process of skills formation throughout the lifecycle. In particular, the importance of developing these skills early in life has been widely ...
The Building blocks of skill development
(2017)
The recent literature on human capital formation has emphasized the dynamic process of skills formation throughout the lifecycle. In particular, the importance of developing these skills early in life has been widely ...
Conditional Cash Transfers and Cognitive, Non-Cognitive Outcomes: The Case of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano in Ecuador
(Escuela Politécnica Nacional, 2021)
The impacts of early childhood investment: an approach through latent cognitive skills
(2018-05-16)
This work contributes to the literature of human capital formation by estimating the impact of early childhood investment (by means of preschool attendance) over cognitive skill development. Using a longitudinal panel ...
Influence ofthe cognitive skills inthe improvement of the writing skill
(Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación., 2017)
This study presents a pedagogical guide with games and grammatical exercises to
improve the writing skill as a tool for increasing the scholastic accomplishment in this
group of students, through games and exercises for ...
Peer and parental influence in the development of cognitive skills and predispostion to risky behaviour
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2017)
This paper analyzes the strategic interactions between peers and parents in the development of adolescent’s cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills, as proxied by the predisposition to use substances. We estimate a ...
Wealth disparities for early childhood anthropometrics and Skills: evidence from chilean longitudinal data
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2017-09)
We study wealth disparities in the formation of anthropometrics, cognitive
skills and socio-emotional skills. We use a sample of preschool and early
school children in Chile. We extend the previous literature by using ...
Level of reading skills as a measure of cognitive reserve in elderly adults
(Scopus, 2013)
Introduction. Cognitive reserve modulates between neurodegenerative processes and the clinical manifestations of cognitive impairment and dementia. This construct is associated with the capacity to optimise the execution ...
Cognitive and non-cognitive skills for the Peruvian labor market : addressing measurement error through latent skills estimations
(World Bank, 2016-02)
Evidence from developed country data suggests that cognitive and non-cognitive skills contribute to improved labor market outcomes. This paper tests this hypothesis in a developing country by using an individual-level data ...
Cognitive and non-cognitive skills for the Peruvian labor market : addressing measurement error through latent skills estimations
(World Bank, 2016-02)
Evidence from developed country data suggests that cognitive and non-cognitive skills contribute to improved labor market outcomes. This paper tests this hypothesis in a developing country by using an individual-level data ...