TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Conti, Gabriella
AU  - Heckman, James J.
AU  - Pinto, Rodrigo
        TI  - The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors
        PY  - 2015/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9247
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9247
        AB  - This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC). There are pronounced gender effects strongly favoring boys, although there are also effects for girls. Dynamic mediation analyses show a significant role played by improved childhood traits, above and beyond the effects of experimentally enhanced adult socioeconomic status. These results show the potential of early life interventions for promoting health.
        KW  - Abecedarian Project
KW  - randomized trial
KW  - social experiment
KW  - early childhood intervention
KW  - health
KW  - Perry Preschool Project
        ER  -