The lottery of birth draws some children into deprived environments and others into environments where they thrive. In … a field experiment in rural India with 10-20 months old children we test two scalable interventions to reduce early … average impact of either intervention on anemia or mental development. However, we find a cross-productivity of children …

The lottery of birth draws some children into deprived environments and others into environments where they thrive. In … a field experiment in rural India with 10-20 months old children we test two scalable interventions to reduce early … average impact of either intervention on anemia or mental development. However, we find a cross-productivity of children …

The lottery of birth draws some children into deprived environments and others into environments where they thrive. In … a field experiment in rural India with 10-20 months old children we test two scalable interventions to reduce early … average impact of either intervention on anemia or mental development. However, we find a cross-productivity of children …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor in- comes, with greater …

error in the proxy for the latent traits. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), we … find that children's capabilities strongly interact and build on each other: health is an important determinant of early …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

Early childhood education programs have been found to effectively promote children’s social and cognitive development … find that the expansion of subsidized child care has led to improved health-seeking behavior when children get sick …

more likely to marry a partner with tertiary education and their children have better early childhood development outcomes ….25 standard deviations of test scores once children are of school age. The primary mechanism seems to be that more …-educated caregivers have the knowledge and skills to safeguard their children's health and stimulate their cognitive development. In …