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The Economics of Child Well-Being
Conti, Gabriella - 2012
This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099088
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The economics of child well-being
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012
This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290008
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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness : evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434454
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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness : evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2014
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428057
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Encouraging parents to invest : a randomized trial with two simple interventions in early childhood
Ebert, Cara; Heesemann, Esther Luise; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012414808
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Encouraging parents to invest: a randomized trial with two simple interventions in early childhood
Ebert, Cara; Heesemann, Esther Luise; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238460
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Encouraging parents to invest : a randomized trial with two simple interventions in early childhood
Ebert, Cara; Heesemann, Esther Luise; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012250089
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Effects of early childhood intervention on fertility and maternal employment : evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Sandner, Malte - 2015
welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391650
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The effects of early childhood intervention on child development and early skill formation : evidence from a randomized experiment
Sandner, Malte - 2012
mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. At the end of the first year of the program, children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665017
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On the power of childhood impressions for skill formation : initial evidence and unsettled questions
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2013
Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715728