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The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger … classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …
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is measured by the school's average achievement test score at age 12. Our results indicate that children in high …This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools …. We use a representative panel data set containing cognitive test scores of 4-6 year olds in Dutch schools. School quality …
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By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and educational outcomes in that country. To do so, we apply...
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There is a well-established socioeconomic gradient in cognitive test scores for children. This gradient emerges at very … early ages and there is also some evidence that it can widen as children age. We investigate this phenomenon with two … longitudinal cohorts of Irish children who take such tests at ages ranging from 9 months to 17 years, using maternal education and …
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primary school children. We conducted a field experiment that randomly provided one-year supply of DFS at a subsidized price … iodine, through the Indian school-feeding program called "midday meal" on anemia, cognition and math and reading outcomes of … heterogeneity in effects, we find that treatment had statistically significant gains in anemia and test scores among children with …
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primary school children. We conducted a field experiment that randomly provided one-year supply of DFS at a subsidized price … iodine, through the Indian school-feeding program called "midday meal" on anemia, cognition and math and reading outcomes of … heterogeneity in effects, we find that treatment had statistically significant gains in anemia and test scores among children with …
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