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Understanding the Mechanisms through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

that increase educational attainment reduce early fertility? This paper investigates whether increasing mandatory … legislation aimed at improving educational outcomes may have spillover effects onto the fertility decisions of teenagers. …

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Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study

Gentzkow, Matthew Aaron; Shapiro, Jesse - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

education, and for non-white children. To capture more general effects on human capital, we also study the effect of childhood …

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Human Capital Development Before Age Five

Currie, Janet; Almond, Douglas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …

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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone

Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary … increased educational attainment and that an increase in education has changed women's preferences. An increase in schooling … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …

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The Economics of Child Well-Being

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

This paper presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote child...

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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School

Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal...

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Menstruation and Education in Nepal

Thornton, Rebecca L.; Oster, Emily - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

This paper presents the results from a randomized evaluation that distributed menstrual cups (menstrual sanitary products) to adolescent girls in rural Nepal. Girls in the study were randomly allocated a menstrual cup for use during their monthly period and were followed for fifteen months to...

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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Peer Effects in Early Education

Neidell, Matthew; Waldfogel, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

We examine peer effects in early education by estimating value added models with school fixed effects that control …

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Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

Angrist, Joshua; Bettinger, Eric P.; Kremer, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered half the cost of private secondary school. The vouchers were renewable annually conditional on adequate academic progress. Since many vouchers were assigned by lottery, program effects can reliably be...

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