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The effects of two influential early childhood interventions on health and healthy behaviors

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo - 2015

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC)....

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Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children : evidence from COVID-19

Conti, Gabriella; Giannola, Michele; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2022

When deciding how to allocate their time among different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the … perceived benefits and costs of different activities. During the COVID-19 outbreak parents had to consider a new cost dimension … about risks and returns play for the allocation of time with children during the pandemic? We answer this question by …

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Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children : evidence from COVID-19

Conti, Gabriella; Giannola, Michele; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470601

Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children : evidence from COVID-19

Conti, Gabriella; Giannola, Michele; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226969

Early health shocks, intrahousehold resource allocation, and child outcomes

Yi, Junjian; Heckman, James J.; Zhang, Junsen; Conti, … - 2014

early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

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Transcriptional modulation of the developing immune system by early life social adversity

Cole, Steven W.; Conti, Gabriella; Arevalo, Jesusa M.; … - 2012

To identify molecular mechanisms by which early life social conditions might influence adult risk of disease in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), we analyze changes in basal leukocyte gene expression profiles in 4-month-old animals reared under adverse social conditions. Compared to the basal...

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Health insurance and child health : evidence from Mexico

Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2016

municipalities, saving 861 children/year. The decline is driven mainly by deaths due to preventable causes, such as diarrhea and … respiratory infections. We also document an increase in hospital care for children with the same conditions. Our findings have …

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The developmental approach to child and adult health

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012

Pediatricians should consider the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. We present an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child...

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The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start

Cattan, Sarah; Conti, Gabriella; Farquharson, Christine; … - 2021

-sector hospitals. Exposure to an additional Sure Start center per thousand age-eligible children increases hospitalization by 10% at …

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Severe prenatal shocks and adolescent health: evidence from the Dutch Hunger Winter

Conti, Gabriella; Poupakis, Stavros; Ekamper, Peter; … - 2021

This paper investigates impacts, mechanisms and selection effects of prenatal exposure to multiple shocks, by exploiting the unique natural experiment of the Dutch Hunger Winter. At the end of World War II, a famine occurred abruptly in the Western Netherlands (November 1944 - May 1945), pushing...

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