, even though displacement episodes early in children's lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children's teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

between children of rich and poor parents remain as high in Nordic countries as elsewhere in Europe. One explanation for this … investments in children contribute to a levelled playing field and promote social mobility. However, gaps in learning outcomes … paradox is that the equalizing impacts of public investments are undone by parental investments in children of rich and poor …

quality and no impact on child development nor on children's health status. Our results point to the importance of workload …

robust evaluation methodology and administrative education data covering 15 cohorts of children, we measure the impact of …

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 …

sessions plus two sessions of guided interactions between parents and children focused on responsive play and dialogic reading … 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 nonparticipating families. The treatments also led to …

's learning, while parents in the plus modality became less likely to use physical punishment to discipline children. … children ages 2-6 years old in Serbia. We compare two program modalities to a control group. In the first (standard) modality … home environments, with two exceptions: parents in the standard treatment became more conscious about their child …

investments in children in terms of resources and time. Child language development improved for well-off parents or parents in the … more well-off region. Poorer parents invested more in time spent with the children, whereas those who were more materially …We study two early childhood programs in The Gambia for children between 0 and 3 years of age. The basic version of the …