parenting and also invest more in their children's preschool education …This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large …-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the …

children. Of the 200 million children who do not reach their developmental potential worldwide, 66 percent live in South Asia … that contribute to the growth and development of children in early childhood. There are also large gaps in teachers …' understanding and practice of classroom accommodations for children with disabilities. The paper illustrates that educators, who …

paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …

In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while …-size effects. Ensuring that all incoming teachers have the officially mandated effective years of education, along with increasing …

accumulation, anchored in skills development, to illustrate the phenomenon and implications of youth economic disengagement. In the … framework, youth economic disengagement is defined as a state (temporary or permanent) where individuals stop accumulating human … capital due to inadequate access and quality of opportunities for skills development through formal education and employment …

of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper …

This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru. The identification strategy …, early vocabulary gaps can undermine other development outcomes. The effects do not vary by maternal education, but they are … significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal …

. Limited resources mean that policymakers must make tough choices about which investments to make to improve education …. Although hundreds of education interventions have been rigorously evaluated, making comparisons between the results is … for reporting gains from education interventions. The paper applies LAYS to compare the effectiveness (and cost …