This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational …

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 study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data … information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families … changes in family structure. We find that children who stay-in or move-to non-intact families have lower reading scores than …

There is a well-established socioeconomic gradient in cognitive test scores for children. This gradient emerges at very … early ages and there is also some evidence that it can widen as children age. We investigate this phenomenon with two … longitudinal cohorts of Irish children who take such tests at ages ranging from 9 months to 17 years, using maternal education and …

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 …

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 …