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High-quality early-childhood education at scale : evidence from a multisite randomized trial

Dougan, William R.; García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; … - 2023

We offer a new analysis of a large-scale trial of an early-childhood education program that targeted premature, low-birthweight children. This targeting heavily oversampled twins, whose outcomes differed significantly from singletons'. Singletons' gains in short-term cognition and age-18...

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High-Quality Early-Childhood Education at Scale : Evidence from a Multisite Randomized Trial

Dougan, William R.; García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

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Childcare and parenting in the production of early life skills

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The case for investing in disadvantaged young children : early childhood education and care (Forum)

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The economics, technology and neuroscience of human capability formation

Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007

This paper begins the synthesis of two currently unrelated literatures: the human capital approach to health economics and the economics of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation. A lifecycle investment framework is the foundation for understanding the origins of human inequality and for...