This paper examines gender gaps in cognitive and non-cognitive skills among a sample of more than 10,000 children …

childhood development services, led to declines in child development among children from less disadvantaged households. The …. Comparisons of observationally similar children across experiments reveal that existing early childhood development centers …

will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper …-school age children, who are also more likely to be delayed. The program increased intake of nutrient-rich foods, early …

stimulation to boost child development, particularly for children ages 0-3 years. The paper reviews the rationale for linking both … program has improved some parental practices and child development outcomes, with results in cognition and language. However …

rural areas of Indonesia on two cohorts of children. One cohort was children aged 4 at the start of the project and was … immediately eligible for project-provided services when they began operation in 2009. The other cohort was children aged 1 at the … across children from different backgrounds, the impact on child outcomes is larger for children from more disadvantaged …

There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in … development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes …

be particularly harmful for children during their critical growth periods and have impacts on early childhood development … sample of around 7,500 children ages 3-5 years. Early childhood development is measured in four skills domains: literacy …, there is a clear dose-response relationship, where those children with exposure to higher concentrations of arsenic have …

finds that children born into consanguineous marriages have lower test scores, lower height-for-age, and a higher likelihood …

guided interactions between parents and children focused on responsive play and dialogic reading. Three years after the end … of the intervention, the receptive vocabulary and the socio-emotional development of children of families participating … in either of the treatment arms improved (by 0.43 and 0.54 standard deviation, respectively) relative to children of …