treatment (at age 8) increases children enrolment by about 9 percent. This positive effect disappears by age 15, and is more … pronounced in urban areas. In sharp contrast, children receiving treatment later (age 12–15) are more likely to drop out by age …

mothers’ prosocial attitudes are systematically related to elementary school children’s prosociality. In a second step, we … present evidence on a randomly assigned variation of the social environment, providing children with a mentor for the duration … observed developmental gap in prosociality between low and high SES children. Our findings suggest that the program serves as a …

via "graduation" from the scheme, and find a positive effect on children in households that graduated just before 2013 …, but none for children in households that remain in the programme. …

government, business and civil society to promote a recoupling of economic and social prosperity. …

class of immigrants in England and Wales, exploiting a natural experiment. Based on the phenomenon that young children learn … a new language more easily than older children, we construct an instrument for English proficiency using age at arrival …

children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality in performance in school is strongly linked to … inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the gaps in skills that are present when children enter … growing fraction of American children across all race and ethnic groups is being raised in dysfunctional families. Investment …