Critical Periods in Cognitive and Socioemotional Development
Evidence from Weather Shocks in Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9715211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duncan Webb (0000-0001-8183-8902, Paris School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue | 660 |
| Pages | 1637-1665 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/uead105 |
| OpenAlex | W2995755881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 75 |
Early-life circumstances are important determinants of long-run human capital and well-being outcomes. The first 1,000 days of life are often cited as a ‘critical period’ for child development, but this notion has rarely been directly tested. In a setting where children are potentially subject to shocks in every year of their childhood, I estimate the impact of early-life weather shocks on adult cognitive and socioemotional outcomes for individuals born in rural Indonesia between 1988 and 2000. There is a strong critical period for these shocks at age two for cognitive development, but no evidence for a similar critical period for socioemotional development. The effects appear to be driven by changes in agricultural income and nutritional investment. The impacts are initially latent, only appearing after age 15. I show suggestive evidence for dynamic complementarity in early-life investments
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Economics · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology
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