Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71710 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7216
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in early life as well as the socio-emotional home environment are significant predictors for the formation of competencies. Competencies acquired at preschool age predict achievement at school age. A counterfactual analysis is performed to assess trade-offs in the timing of interventions in the early life cycle.
Subjects: 
initial risk matrix
socio-emotional and economic home resources
intelligence
persistence
peer relationship
school achievement
JEL: 
D87
I12
I21
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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