learning environment. Our analysis is based on a sample of 700 children who have been in non-family child care for at least 10 … learning environment from more advantaged children benefits more from higher ECEC quality. Thus the potential of high ECEC … quality on the home learning environment is not effectively used for disadvantaged children. Policies could work on this …

Play during early childhood is key to stimulating children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development …. However, research on play-based learning is largely limited to high-income countries, and little is known about the use of … hybrid interventions (which combine in-person and remote contact) to promote play-based learning at home. This study …

direct effect. This is true for the full sample of children, for boys and girls and for children in households whose mother …

positive effects on children's prosocial behavior, self-awareness, and cognitive learning. The intervention also had an impact … children ages 3 to 6. Given the context of COVID-19, the original design was adapted as a hybrid model, alternating in … the children's caregivers compared with those in the control group. Treated caregivers had better stimulation practices …

experiments to estimate the effects of universal preschool programs for children aged 0-6 years on child outcomes measured from …-to-costs ratios and find ratios clearly above one. Universal preschool tends to be more beneficial for children with low socioeconomic …

preschool children over the summer break in Peru. In response to learning losses during school closures induced by COVID-19 …We evaluate the effects of a 10-week intervention that randomly provided access to remote coaching to parents of …, education coaches offered guidance and encouragement to parents in activities designed to accelerate the development of core …

-in-differences research design compares cohorts of children in treatment localities before and after the Law's introduction to equivalent … creation of a better learning environment in elementary and middle school, with a greater sense of security and better …

impact of nudging parents on attendance and learning for school-age children; this is the first experiment looking at both … app to send messages to parents of preschool children. The intervention had no average treatment effect on attendance, but …-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in …