-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in … schools in lower socioeconomic areas and among younger preschool children. This paper presents the results of a behavioral … impact of nudging parents on attendance and learning for school-age children; this is the first experiment looking at both …

preschool children over the summer break in Peru. In response to learning losses during school closures induced by COVID-19 …

Play during early childhood is key to stimulating children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development … the development of emotional and cognitive skills in children. The study also found a significant effect of 0.19 SD on the … Developmental Milestones Checklist for children of caregivers with the lowest level of parental investment at the baseline. Our …

children ages 3 to 6. Given the context of COVID-19, the original design was adapted as a hybrid model, alternating in … positive effects on children's prosocial behavior, self-awareness, and cognitive learning. The intervention also had an impact … the children's caregivers compared with those in the control group. Treated caregivers had better stimulation practices …

. The experiment provided parents of preschool students with text messages to support their children's learning at home …. After 15 weeks of intervention, the cognitive skills of children whose parents received the text messages rose 0 …

-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

When deciding how to allocate their time between different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the … returns play for the allocation of time investment in children during the pandemic? We answer this question by collecting rich … productive and less risky than the time spent by their children in formal childcare or with peers. Using detailed time use data …

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills. It focuses on children 7 months old to 6 … years old in Chile in 2012 and Nicaragua in 2013. A focus on young children allowed for ruling out a set of environmental …