Marta Favara

University of Oxford - Department of International Development

United Kingdom

  • University of Oxford - Department of International Development

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Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14240
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Apr 2021
Jorge Agüero, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Alan Sánchez
University of Connecticut - Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Lancaster University - Department of Economics and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
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Long-Term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15940
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Nicolas Pazos, Marta Favara, Alan Sánchez, Douglas Scott and Jere Behrman
University of Nottingham, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), University of Oxford and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Peru, rainfall, human capital, skills formation, early childhood

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Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14339
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 May 2021
Alan Sánchez, Marta Favara and Catherine Porter
Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), University of Oxford - Department of International Development and Lancaster University - Department of Economics
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The Mental Cost of Job Loss: Assessing the Impact on Young Adults in Vietnam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15522
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Sep 2022
Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Douglas Scott and Le Thuc Duc
University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Lancaster University - Department of Economics, University of Oxford and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) - Centre for Analysis and Forecasting
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mental health, job loss, Vietnam, COVID-19

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Maternal Age and Offspring Human Capital in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12489
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Marcello Perez-Alvarez and Marta Favara
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Oxford - Department of International Development
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health, cognition, child development, human capital, adolescent motherhood, nutrition, gender, parenting

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Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13804
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
No Name, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Alan Sánchez
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Lancaster University - Department of Economics and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
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dynamic factor analysis, child development, human capital, socio-emotional skills

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The Origins of Cognitive Skills and Non-Cognitive Skills: The Long-Term Effect of In-Utero Rainfall Shocks in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13960
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Grace Chang, Marta Favara and Rafael Novella
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), University of Oxford - Department of International Development and UCL Institute of Education
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rainfall shocks, in-utero, skills formation, India

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Unpacking the Post-Lockdown Employment Recovery of Young Women in the Global South

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14829
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 May 2022
Douglas Scott, Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Alan Sánchez
University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Lancaster University - Department of Economics and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
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COVID-19, job loss, work resilience, gender gap

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15551
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Jere Behrman
University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Lancaster University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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foundational cognitive skills, Ethiopia, public works programmes, PSNP, skills development

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Expecting Better? How Young People Form Their Earnings Expectations

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14289
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Apr 2021
Marta Favara, Paul Glewwe, Catherine Porter and Alan Sánchez
University of Oxford - Department of International Development, University of Minnesota - College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Department of Applied Economics, Lancaster University - Department of Economics and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
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How Early Nutrition and Foundational Cognitive Skills Interconnect? Evidence from Two Developing Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15818
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jan 2023
Alan Sánchez, Marta Favara, Margaret Sheridan and Jere Behrman
Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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foundational cognitive skills, early nutrition, executive functions, Ethiopia, Peru

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What If it Never Happened? Subjective Treatment Effects of a Negative Shock on Youth Labour Market Outcomes in Developing Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16417
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Sep 2023
Marta Favara, Richard Freund and Marcello Perez-Alvarez
University of Oxford - Department of International Development, University of Oxford and University of Göttingen
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subjective treatment effects, labour market, COVID-19, youth, developing countries

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

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
Nicolás Pazos Navarro, Marta Favara, Alan Sánchez, Douglas Scott and Jere Behrman
University of Nottingham, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Pennsylvania
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Skills formationHuman capitalRainfallPeruEarly childhood

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

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
Nicolás Pazos Navarro, Marta Favara, Alan Sánchez, Douglas Scott and Jere Behrman
University of Nottingham, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Pennsylvania
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Skills formation, Human capital, Rainfall, Peru, Early childhood