Browsing by Autor "Jorge Cuartas"

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Building Dreams: The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Educational Aspirations in Colombia
(RELX Group (Netherlands), 2017) Sandra García; Arturo Harker; Jorge Cuartas
Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence
(Taylor & Francis, 2025) Jorge Cuartas; Lucero Ramírez-Varela; Jenna Spitzer; Alexis Brieant; Ayesha Ghazanfar; Jennifer E. Lansford; Ann Sanson
Conflict, Parenting, and Early Childhood Mental Health in Conflict-affected Settings: Evidence from Colombia
(RELX Group (Netherlands), 2022) Juliana Sánchez-Ariza; Jorge Cuartas; Andrés Moya
Infrastructure Services and Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Water, Sanitation, and Garbage Collection
(2024) Lenin Balza; Nicolás Gómez Parra; Jorge Cuartas; Tomás Serebrisky
Access to essential infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and garbage collection can considerably affect children's environment and may play a significant role in shaping early childhood developmental and health outcomes. Using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), we show a significant positive association between access to water and sanitation and early childhood development, as well as reduced instances of stunting. In addition, we identify a negative association between access to improved garbage collection services and the rates of stunting and underweight among children under five. Our findings are robust after using alternative measures for access and controlling for individual, maternal, and household factors, alongside considerations of household wealth and caregiver's stimulation activities. Similarly, the economic relevance of the relationship is highlighted by the substantial gap relative to the size of the vulnerable groups, persisting even after adjusting for confounding variables. Our results also suggest that households may be able to lessen the potential impact of pollutants through mitigation measures such as treating water to make it safe for consumption, using handwashing cleansers, and storing household trash in lidded containers. The current findings underscore the importance of investing in basic infrastructure services as a critical component of comprehensive strategies to enhance early childhood development and health in low- and middle-income countries. We emphasize the importance of considering the quality and type of infrastructure services alongside their availability. Future research should incorporate more complete and detailed data to improve understanding of the causal relationship between water, sanitation, and garbage collection and early childhood development, as well as the mechanisms underlying the observed associations.
Parenting, Scarcity and Violence: Theory and Evidence for Colombia
(RELX Group (Netherlands), 2016) Jorge Cuartas; Arturo Harker
The Mental Health of Caregivers and Young Children in Conflict-Affected Settings
(American Economic Association, 2023) Juliana Sánchez-Ariza; Jorge Cuartas; Andrés Moya
We analyze the effects of conflict-related violence on the mental health of caregivers and young children, as well as the role of caregivers' mental health in explaining the toll of conflict on early childhood mental health. Although an upcoming body of work has demonstrated the link between caregivers' and children's mental health, the role of caregivers' psychological constraints has been largely ignored in research and programming in conflict-affected settings. We demonstrate how these constraints play a role in the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems and emphasize the urgency of addressing caregivers' mental health within early childhood development programs in conflict-affected settings.