Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development
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Project Citation:
Schoellman, Todd. Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114117V1
Project Description
Summary:
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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.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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refugees;
early childhood human capital;
Immigrants
JEL Classification:
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I24 Education and Inequality
I26 Returns to Education
I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
I24 Education and Inequality
I26 Returns to Education
I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Coverage:
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Vietnam,
Cambodia,
United States,
Laos
Time Period(s):
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1/2005 – 1/2013
Universe:
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Immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos who entered the United States as refugee children.
Data Type(s):
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census/enumeration data
Methodology
Data Source:
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IPUMS USA records of the U.S. Census and American Community Surveys.
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Individuals,
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