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The lockdown declared during the Spring 2020 because of the COVID-19 outbreak caused a reallocation of market and household work. A the same time school closures in many countries impacted on children's lives and their learning process. In Italy, schools and nurseries have been closed during...
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We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
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We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
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-focused accompanying measures in nutrition and parenting from 19 cash transfer programs. It covers both family-focused cash transfer … inform choices and parenting practices. As context for the operational case study approach, the note includes a theory of …
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protection programs such as cash transfers are increasingly combined with behavioral change promotion or parenting interventions … parenting practices are also found. Moderate gains in children's socio-emotional development are observed, but there are no … improvements in anthropometrics or cognitive development. Cash transfers alone do not alter parenting practices or improve early …
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This paper experimentally estimates medium term impacts of a large-scale and low-cost parenting program targeting poor … group that was offered eight weekly group parenting sessions, and a third group that was offered the same eight group … improvements in home environments and parenting behaviors of comparable magnitudes, which far outlasted the short duration of the …
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