Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Todd Schoellman

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Project Citation: 

Schoellman, Todd. Replication data for: Early Childhood Human Capital and Development. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-11-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114117V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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:  View help for Subject Terms refugees; early childhood human capital; Immigrants
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      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:  View help for Geographic Coverage Vietnam, Cambodia, United States, Laos
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/2005 – 1/2013
Universe:  View help for Universe Immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos who entered the United States as refugee children.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source IPUMS USA records of the U.S. Census and American Community Surveys.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals,

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