Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in Madagascar who were surveyed when they were 3–6 and 7-10 years old. Substantial wealth gradients were found across multiple domains: recep...
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okr-10986-261392021-06-08T14:42:47Z Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C. H. childhood development nutrition socioeconomic gradients low-income country inequality child health memory cognition home stimulation maternal education early childhood education Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in Madagascar who were surveyed when they were 3–6 and 7-10 years old. Substantial wealth gradients were found across multiple domains: receptive vocabulary, cognition, sustained attention, and working memory. The results are robust to the inclusion of lagged outcomes, maternal endowments, measures of child health, and home stimulation. Wealth gradients are significant at ages 3–4, widen with age, and flatten out by ages 9-10. For vocabulary and sustained attention, the gradient grows steadily between ages three and six; for cognitive composite and memory of phrases, the gradient widens later (ages 7-8) before flattening out. These gaps in cognitive outcomes translate into equally sizeable gaps in learning outcomes. Between 12 and 18 percent of the predicted gap in early outcomes is accounted for by differences in home stimulation, even after controlling for maternal education and endowments. 2017-02-22T22:33:28Z 2017-02-22T22:33:28Z 2017-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/148061487168899514/Dynamics-of-child-development-analysis-of-a-longitudinal-cohort-in-a-very-low-income-country http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26139 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7973 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Madagascar |
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childhood development nutrition socioeconomic gradients low-income country inequality child health memory cognition home stimulation maternal education early childhood education Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C. H. Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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Longitudinal patterns of child
development and socioeconomic status are described for a
cohort of children in Madagascar who were surveyed when they
were 3–6 and 7-10 years old. Substantial wealth gradients
were found across multiple domains: receptive vocabulary,
cognition, sustained attention, and working memory. The
results are robust to the inclusion of lagged outcomes,
maternal endowments, measures of child health, and home
stimulation. Wealth gradients are significant at ages 3–4,
widen with age, and flatten out by ages 9-10. For vocabulary
and sustained attention, the gradient grows steadily between
ages three and six; for cognitive composite and memory of
phrases, the gradient widens later (ages 7-8) before
flattening out. These gaps in cognitive outcomes translate
into equally sizeable gaps in learning outcomes. Between 12
and 18 percent of the predicted gap in early outcomes is
accounted for by differences in home stimulation, even after
controlling for maternal education and endowments. |
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Working Paper |
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Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C. H. |
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Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C. H. |
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Galasso, Emanuela |
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country |
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dynamics of child development : analysis of a longitudinal cohort in a very low income country |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/148061487168899514/Dynamics-of-child-development-analysis-of-a-longitudinal-cohort-in-a-very-low-income-country http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26139 |
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