We present the results of a novel early childhood intervention in which disadvantaged 3-4-year- old children were … evaluated a shortened summer version of the program (2 months) in which children were treated immediately prior to the start of …

A growing literature points to children's influence on parents' behavior, including parental investments in children …. Further, previous research has shown differential parental response by socioeconomic status to children's birth weight … earlier, more exogenous predictor of parental investments: offspring genotype. Specifically, we analyze (1) whether children …

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at … not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This new publication focuses on …

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 …