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 …

Research documents that parental beliefs influence early investments in children, which, in turn, determine early human … capital and, eventually, other skills children acquire in later stages of the lifecycle, such as literacy. Our paper reports … teaches the science of early language development, models verbal interaction behaviors with children, and provides objective …

.29 standard deviations relative to a counterfactual that includes other formal and informal learning options. This impact is …

find treated children have between 5 to 6 percent higher earnings as young adults. The results are quite large for young … evidence that children, regardless of gender, from households with below median parental incomes realize the largest average …

comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …

Large systematic differences in young children's home learning experiences have long-term economic consequences. Many … parenting programs place significant demands on parents' time and inundate parents with information. This study evaluates the … effects of READY4K!, an eight-month-long text-messaging intervention for parents of preschoolers that targets the behavioral …