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explained by improvements in early parental investment. This study demonstrates that boosting children's early cognitive skills …
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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 …
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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 …
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pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching … months old increase the likelihood of being overweight at 3 years old, but only for children of mothers with higher levels of … education. Informal childcare at 9 months also has harmful effects on child weight, but again only for children of more educated …
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This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational …
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the low-wage sector by 3 percent, and real hourly pre-tax wages of women with children by 2.7 percent. The two reforms …
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more children, implying that increased maternal employment may have raised the opportunity costs of additional children. …
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