Past research has demonstrated that positive increments to the non-cognitive development of children can have long …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …

parents to otherwise similar students, suggesting that downturns affect all students, not just those whose parents lose …-grade reading and on fourth-grade math and reading. Effects are 34 times larger than found when comparing students with displaced …, reduced income and increased distress likely inhibit performance. States experiencing displacement of 1% of workers likely see …

for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children …Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and …'s math and reading achievement. Our identification derives from the large, non-linear changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit …

correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to …

In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

Italian NGO, in a poor neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, targets parents of children from birth to age 5. It provides family …Empowering women and enhancing children's early development are two important goals that are often pursued via … same time: empowering mothers through tools that also advance their children's development. A program operated by AVSI, an …