The impact of the JUNTOS conditional cash transfer programme on foundational cognitive skills: Does age of enrollment matter?
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Cognitive skills; JUNTOS; conditional cash transfer; Peru; inhibitory control;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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- NEP-NEU-2022-09-19 (Neuroeconomics)
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