Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 130
Cover Image
Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes : Act II
Almond, Douglas - 2017
That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established. Nevertheless, research on the Fetal Origins Hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to include the early childhood (postnatal) environment. Why does this literature have a "second act?" We summarize the major themes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455663
Cover Image
Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes : Act Ii
Almond, Douglas - 2017
That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established. Nevertheless, research on the Fetal Origins Hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to include the early childhood (postnatal) environment. Why does this literature have a “second act?” We summarize the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965956
Cover Image
Head Start and Cognition Among Latino Children
Currie, Janet; Thomas, Duncan - 1998
Poor educational attainment relative to non-Latinos is a persistent problem for Latino children. This paper examines … the capacity of the Head Start program to affect test scores and schooling achievement among these children. Large … Latino children and non-Hispanic white children, and 2/3 of the gap in the probability of grade repetition. However, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116108
Cover Image
Violence While in Utero : The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes
Currie, Janet - 2018
Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914346
Cover Image
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development
Currie, Janet - In: Journal of Economic Literature 47 (2009) 1, pp. 87-122
There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education, but only some of them have been explored in the literature. This essay focuses on links between parental socioeconomic status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999760
Cover Image
Human Capital Development Before Age Five
Currie, Janet; Almond, Douglas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008624606
Cover Image
Chapter 19 Child health in developed countries
Currie, Janet - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1053-1090). 2000
most children. Hence, the last section of this chapter offers a brief review of what we know about the effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024186
Cover Image
Efficient Provision of High-Quality Early Childhood Education: Does the Private Sector or Public Sector Do It Best?
Blau, David; Currie, Janet - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 15-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696639
Cover Image
Superfund cleanups and infant health
Currie, Janet; Greenstone, Michael; Moretti, Enrico - In: The American economic review 101 (2011) 3, pp. 435-441
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009267132
Cover Image
Is the impact of health shocks cushioned by socioeconomic status? : The case of low birthweight
Currie, Janet; Hyson, Rosemary - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001376332