quality and no impact on child development nor on children's health status. Our results point to the importance of workload … health care services. The program changed the allocation of time for community health workers, asking them to carry out early …

only for children around the median of the attendance rate baseline distribution (between deciles 4 and 6). The … intervention was ineffective for children with very high or very low pre-treatment absenteeism levels. Our results, although … encouraging, emphasize the limits of these types of interventions, especially for children in families where barriers to reduce …

There is limited information on whether integrating childhood interventions with health and nutrition services … health workers; and mothers' practice of activities. Nurses gave out and reviewed message cards with mothers, together with a … few play materials. A cluster randomized trial was conducted in the Caribbean (Jamaica, Antigua and St Lucia) in 29 health …

. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer … differences in conditions: while the "education" component imposed conditions only on children of schooling age, the "health …" transfer required regular health checkups of 0-5 year old children. The "health" transfer families were more likely to attend …

steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses …

disruptions early in life can be long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school closures on older children …, there is currently no evidence on such losses for children in their early years. This paper is among the first to quantify … the actual impact of pandemic-related closures on child development, in this case for a sample of young children in Chile …

considerable number of children. Using an observational checklist tool, we find strong rapport between visitors and families, and … consistent involvement of caregivers and children in practicing activities during the visit. However, visitors rarely explain the …

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills on children 7 months to 6 years old in Latin … characteristics, parenting practices and health investments did not explain the gap. The identification of biological and …

This paper evaluates the impacts of a public program that introduced access to part-time childcare centers for children … children's and parental outcomes. Our identification strategy exploits the original randomization and the distance to the …