This paper shows that there are large differences in cognitive and socio-emotional development between children from rich and poor backgrounds at the age of 3, and that this gap widens by the age of 5. Children from poor backgrounds also face much less advantageous "early childhood caring...

Zahlreiche Studien über die Schulleistungen von deutschen Schülern haben aufgezeigt, dass der schulische Erfolg von Kindern positiv vom Sozialstatus ihrer Eltern abhängt. Diese Studien offenbaren überdies, dass Kinder einkommensschwacher und/oder bildungsferner Familien besonders von...

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. We use data from the Whitehall II study to examine the potential role played by early-life health and circumstances in determining...