We use heterogeneity in the timing of television's introduction to different local markets to identify the effect of … preschool television exposure on standardized test scores later in life. Our preferred point estimate indicates that an … additional year of preschool television exposure raises average test scores by about .02 standard deviations. We are able to …

We use heterogeneity in the timing of television's introduction to different local markets to identify the effect of … preschool television exposure on standardized test scores later in life. Our preferred point estimate indicates that an … additional year of preschool television exposure raises average test scores by about .02 standard deviations. We are able to …

We use heterogeneity in the timing of television's introduction to different local markets to identify the effect of … preschool television exposure on standardized test scores later in life. Our preferred point estimate indicates that an … additional year of preschool television exposure raises average test scores by about .02 standard deviations. We are able to …

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills … investment in children compared to later remediation. We establish nonparametric identification of a general class of production … targeting of interventions to children with different parental and personal birth endowments. Substitutability decreases in …

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills … investment in children compared to later remediation. We establish nonparametric identification of a general class of production … targeting of interventions to children with different parental and personal birth endowments. Substitutability decreases in …

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills … investment in children compared to later remediation. We establish nonparametric identification of a general class of production … targeting of interventions to children with different parental and personal birth endowments. Substitutability decreases in …

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills … investment in children compared to later remediation. We establish nonparametric identification of a general class of production … targeting of interventions to children with different parental and personal birth endowments. Substitutability decreases in …

visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to disadvantaged Irish families raises children's cognitive and socio … by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children's skills are …