Abstract
A growing literature stresses the importance of early childhood human capital. I ask whether variation in early childhood investments can help explain cross-country income differences. I provide new empirical evidence: the adult outcomes of refugees are independent of age at arrival to the United States up to age six, despite dramatic improvements in income and environment upon arrival. A standard model is consistent with this finding if parents but not country are important for early childhood development. This finding limits the mechanisms for generating cross-country early childhood human capital differences. I also provide suggestive evidence on parental inputs.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-174 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
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Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development
Schoellman, T. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2016
DOI: 10.3886/e114117v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/114117/version/V1/view
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Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development
Schoellman, T. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2016
DOI: 10.3886/e114117, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/114117
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Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development
Schoellman, T. (Creator), ICPSR, 2021
DOI: 10.3886/e114117v2, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/114117/version/V2/view
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