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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...
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Displaced children often face educational disadvantages in their host countries. Statelessness might be one of the … birthright citizenship for Venezuelan children in Colombia to analyze the effect of ending statelessness on educational … effects on the participation rates of children below six years old. I explain these results by demand- and supply-side factors …
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relying on forecasts. Adult outcomes on the participants' children and siblings allow us to quantify spillover benefits. The …
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. The experiment provided parents of preschool students with text messages to support their children's learning at home …. After 15 weeks of intervention, the cognitive skills of children whose parents received the text messages rose 0 …
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What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …
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What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …
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child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive … preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in …
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child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive … preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in …
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, this paper analyzes the relation between preschool care and the well-being of children and adolescents in Germany. It also … children. Our findings, based on data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey of Children and Adolescents …, suggest that children who have experienced child care have a slightly lower well-being overall. For migrant children, however …
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