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The impact of pre-school on adolescents' outcomes : evidence from a recent English cohort
Apps, Patricia; Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - 2012
-school childcare largely improves results in cognitive tests at age 11 and 14 and 16, and has a positive effect on intentions towards … improvement in psychological well-being, but we do find some positive effects on health behaviours. -- childcare ; child outcomes …
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The impact of pre-school on adolescents' outcomes : evidence from a recent English cohort
Apps, Patricia; Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - In: Economics of education review 37 (2013), pp. 183-199
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The Impact of Pre-School on Adolescents' Outcomes : Evidence from a Recent English Cohort
Apps, Patricia F. - 2012
-school childcare largely improves results in cognitive tests at age 11 and 14 and 16, and has a positive effect on intentions towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098132
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291343
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675522
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J. - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096465
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Effects of early childhood intervention on child development and early skill formation : evidence from a randomized controlled trail
Sandner, Malte - 2013
This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in Germany. 12 months after birth, the intervention increases infants' cognitive development by 0.18 SD. However, the effect fades out after 24...
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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk ; conference paper
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...
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Long run effects of universal childcare on personality traits
Bach, Maximilian; Koebe, Josefine; Peter, Frauke - 2019
Although universal childcare has become an essential tool to support child development, few economic studies analyze … paper we go beyond short run analyses and examine the long run effects of one additional year of universal childcare on … important predictors of later educational achievements. As of 1996, a legal entitlement to universal childcare applied to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035458
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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 disadvantages in health and mental development. We distribute...
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