of evidence finds that targeted, early interventions aimed at at-risk children and their families can reduce … socioeconomic inequalities in children's skills and capabilities. This paper describes a randomised control trial (RCT) evaluation … disadvantaged children. The Preparing for Life (PFL) programme is one of the first studies in Ireland to use random assignment to …

visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to disadvantaged Irish families raises children's cognitive and socio … by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children's skills are …

explained by improvements in early parental investment. This study demonstrates that boosting children's early cognitive skills …

This paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17 … is higher for children whose mothers have lower levels of education, with net movements into rather than out of poverty. …

The incidence of adiposity in the early years of life has outgrown the prevalence rate in older children and … parental unemployment on children's weight before, during and after a recession. Child growth charts are used to quantify … children according to overweight for BMI, weight for age, and weight for height measures. For BMI, the probability of a child …