We present the results of a novel early childhood intervention in which disadvantaged 3-4-year- old children were … evaluated a shortened summer version of the program (2 months) in which children were treated immediately prior to the start of …

This article describes a randomized field experiment in which parents were provided financial incentives to engage in … behaviors designed to increase early childhood cognitive and executive function skills through a parent academy. Parents were … rewarded for attendance at early childhood sessions, completing homework assignments with their children, and for their child …

Young children are required to use child safety seats, and the age threshold at which children can legally graduate to … injury categories for children in child safety seats versus lap-and-shoulder belts. Child safety seats provide a …

representative data set that includes a test of mental function for children aged eight to twelve months, we find only minor racial … inclusion of a limited set of controls. The only statistically significant racial difference is that Asian children score …

safety seats, in actual practice, are no better than seat belts at reducing fatalities among children aged 2-6. This result …