Browsing by Subject "Cognitive skills"

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    • Inequality of opportunity in health and cognitive abilities: the case of Chile 
      Carranza Navarrete, Rafael; Hojman Trujillo, Daniel (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2015-10)
      This paper studies inequality of opportunity in health in Chile. Following Roemer's ap- proach to equality of opportunity, we separate the e ect of circumstances and e orts -healthy behaviors- on self-assessed health. ...
    • Wealth disparities for early childhood anthropometrics and Skills: evidence from chilean longitudinal data 
      Behrman, Jere; Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Palma, Isidora; Puentes Encina, Esteban (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 ...