The positive effects of early childhood programs on children's school success have been demonstrated in the literature …. In this study we examine the relationship between Kindergarten attendance and the 7th grade school placement of children … citizens and children's later school placement. However, for children in immigrant households the reverse is true: later school …

support the skill development of children and thus its labor force’s skills of tomorrow. This thesis aims to provide knowledge …

mathematics among early primary school children in Norway, a low testing environment. We examine two forms of testing, complex but …How much young children should be tested and graded is a highly contentious issue in education policy. Opponents … consider it detrimental to child mental health, leading to misaligned incentives in educational policy and having little if any …

Can lowering school starting age promote equality of opportunities and reduce the achievement gaps between pupils? We … provide evidence on the heterogeneous (positional) effects on early school performance of two mandatory schooling reforms in … reform reduced the school starting age from seven to six, the second changed the first-year curriculum from a play …

In developing countries like the Philippines, a major policy concern is the inequity in access to health and education … circumstance factors -- Philhealth coverage and some area-level characteristics of health and education services -- also matter in … improving overall access, but not necessarily its equity. -- Households ; equity, health ; education ; Philippines …

field; like physicians, their competence is a matter of health, safety, life, and death.) We believe such a system would …

differences in the availability of health professionals across municipalities and cohorts. In municipalities with one fewer school … nurse per 1,000 school-age children before the reform there was an increase in the availability of nurses of 35% from the …This paper provides new evidence that preventive health care services delivered at schools and provided at a relatively …

school nurse per 1,000 school-age children before the reform there was an increase in the availability of nurses of 35% from …This paper provides new evidence that preventive health care services delivered at schools and provided at a relatively … differences in the avail-ability of health professionals across municipalities and cohorts. In municipalities with one fewer …

Many targeted childhood interventions such as the Perry Preschool Project select eligible children based on a risk … efficient targeting in childhood interventions. We define children to be in need of an intervention if they suffer from an …

worldwide health concern. This study estimates the causal effects of exposure to lead in topsoil on cognitive ability among 5 …-year-old children. We draw on individual level data from the 2000 U.S. Census, and USGS data on lead in topsoil covering a …