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Florencia Lopez Boo

Professor of Economics and Director, Global TIES for Children-NYU Steinhardt
Academia & Government
Argentina

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Florencia Lopez Boo holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford (UK). She is currently a Professor of Economics and Applied Psychology and the Director of Global TIES for Children Center at New York University (NYU). Before joining NYU, she was at the Inter-American Development Bank for 15 years, where she led the Early Childhood Development (ECD) group and an initiative on behavioral economics. She advises governments in LMIC on the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies on child development, social protection and health. She is founding member of the Latin-American Economics Association Behavioral Insights network.  She has published articles in specialized journals such as the Lancet, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Development Economics.

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Effects of integrating Early Childhood with health services: Experimental evidence from the Cresça com Seu Filho home-visiting program

Delivering early-childhood programs at scale is a major policy challenge. One way to do so is by using existing public infrastructure. This paper experimentally assesses the short-term effects of a new government home-visiting program integrated into health-care services.

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Inequality in the early years in LAC: A comparative study of size, persistence and policies

Gaps in child development by socio-economic status (SES) start early in life, are large and can increase inequalities later in life. We use recent national-level, cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine inequalities in child development (namely, language, cognition and socio-emotional skills) of children 0–5 in five Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay).

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