Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities Among the Elderly Poor of Peru
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- Rafael NOVELLA & Javier OLIVERA, 2014. "Gender differences in cognitive abilities among the elderly poor of Peru," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces14.11, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
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Cognition; Old age; Gender differences; Poverty; Peru;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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