Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered half the cost of private …

Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered half the cost of private …

capital of their children. We provide new evidence on the long-term (10-year) effects of cash transfers using data from … from an experiment that randomly assigned children under the age of 6 years to “early” or “late” treatment groups. Although … the early treatment group received twice as much in transfers, we find no difference between children in the two groups on …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …