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 …

quality and no impact on child development nor on children's health status. Our results point to the importance of workload …

Research documents that parental beliefs influence early investments in children, which, in turn, determine early human … capital and, eventually, other skills children acquire in later stages of the lifecycle, such as literacy. Our paper reports … teaches the science of early language development, models verbal interaction behaviors with children, and provides objective …

" – significant differences in the educational and labor market outcomes across children of varying birth orders. Taking advantage of … a rich set of information on in utero and early childhood conditions in the Children of the NLSY79, we find that, within …

impacts on children's development in mathematics, language and executive functioning. Compared to business as usual, the nine …, suggesting that a structured curriculum can reduce inequality in early childhood learning environments. …