The Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Wages: A structural Model

Cortés, Darwin; Attanassio, Orazio; Gallego, Juan; Maldonado, Darío; Rodríguez, Paul; Charpak, Nathalie; Tessier, Rejean; Ruiz, Juan Gabriel; Hernández, Tiberio; Uriza, Felipe

In this paper we analyze the relationship between skills and some outcomes later in life for a population of premature children. Pretreatment skills and characteristics are good predictors of childhood and adulthood skills and outcomes. Income per capita and parents education at birth are positively correlated with home environment at 6 and 12 months of corrected age. Moreover, parents education and the proportion of workers at home are correlated with the number of preschool years attended by children. Interestingly, health indicators taken during the first year of life are critical factors for decision to enroll into a university, to obtain better results in math scores and earn larger wages.

Subject

Educación | Economía | Niñez | Familia | Mujer

País / Región

Colombia

URI

https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/915

Date

2016-04-14

Cite from this publication

Cortés, D., Attanassio, O., Gallego, J., Maldonado, D., Rodríguez, P., Charpak, N., … Uriza, F. (2016, April 14). The Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Wages: A structural Model. Working paper; N° 2016/02, Caracas: CAF. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/915