Psychosocial Status and Cognitive Achievement in Peru

This study uses longitudinal data from a cohort of 700 Peruvian children drawn from a Young Lives Survey

Abstract

This paper assesses the importance of psychosocial status in the accumulation of cognitive skills during the transition from mid to late childhood. The researchers use longitudinal data from a cohort of 700 Peruvian children drawn from a very rich dataset, the Young Lives Survey, to test the impact of children’s perception of respect at the age of 8 on cognitive achievement 4 years later, controlling for cognitive skills at the age of 8, lagged child and household characteristics, and community fixed effects.

Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development

Citation

Ingo Outes, Alan Sanchez, Oswaldo Molina; Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru, Review of Development Economics [1363-6669] 2018

Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru

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Published 1 May 2018