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 surveyed when 3–6 and 7–10 years old. Substantial wealth gradients were found across multiple domains: receptive vocabulary, cognition, sustained attention, and working memory. Th...

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Main Authors:	Galasso, Emanuela, Weber, Ann, Fernald, Lia C.H.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:	CHILD DEVELOPMENT NUTRITION SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTS INEQUALITY COGNITION MATERNAL EDUCATION HOME STIMULATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34292

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spelling	okr-10986-342922021-05-25T10:54:38Z Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C.H. CHILD DEVELOPMENT NUTRITION SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTS INEQUALITY COGNITION MATERNAL EDUCATION HOME STIMULATION Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in Madagascar surveyed when 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. 12–18% of the predicted gap in early outcomes is accounted for by differences in home stimulation, even after controlling for maternal education and endowments. 2020-08-06T19:03:30Z 2020-08-06T19:03:30Z 2019-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34292 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Madagascar
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topic	CHILD DEVELOPMENT NUTRITION SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTS INEQUALITY COGNITION MATERNAL EDUCATION HOME STIMULATION
spellingShingle	CHILD DEVELOPMENT NUTRITION SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTS INEQUALITY COGNITION MATERNAL EDUCATION HOME STIMULATION 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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description	Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in Madagascar surveyed when 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. 12–18% of the predicted gap in early outcomes is accounted for by differences in home stimulation, even after controlling for maternal education and endowments.
format	Journal Article
author	Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C.H.
author_facet	Galasso, Emanuela Weber, Ann Fernald, Lia C.H.
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title	Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
title_short	Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
title_full	Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
title_fullStr	Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
title_full_unstemmed	Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
title_sort	dynamics of child development : analysis of a longitudinal cohort in a very low income country
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2020
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34292
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country

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