Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills During Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme

Long-Term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru

“…In this section we test if public policies could have a role in lessening or remediating the negative effects of early rainfall shocks on FCS (see Freund et al, 2022). Indeed, Scott et al, (2022) find that receipt of Peru's JUNTOS program (the same program considered here) at a relatively younger age is associated with improvements in IC.…”