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The origins of cognitive skills and noncognitive skills: the long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India

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Skills are an important predictor of labour, education, and wellbeing outcomes. Understanding the origins of skills formation is important for reducing future inequalities. This paper analyses the effect of shocks in-utero on human capital outcomes in childhood and adolescence in India. Combining historical rainfall data and longitudinal data from Young Lives, we estimate the effect of rainfall shocks in-utero on cognitive and noncognitive skills development over the first 15 years of life. W...

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Peer reviewed

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
International Development
Oxford college:
Wadham College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
IZA Institute of Labor Economics Publisher's website
Series:
IZA Discussion Papers
Series number:
13960
Publication date:
2020-12-12
EISSN:
2365-9793
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1156855
Local pid:
pubs:1156855
Deposit date:
2021-04-05

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