TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blomeyer, Dorothea
AU  - Coneus, Katja
AU  - Laucht, Manfred
AU  - Pfeiffer, Friedhelm
        TI  - Early Life Adversity and Children's Competence Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
        PY  - 2013/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7216
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7216
        AB  - This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in early life as well as the socio-emotional home environment are significant predictors for the formation of competencies. Competencies acquired at preschool age predict achievement at school age. A counterfactual analysis is performed to assess trade-offs in the timing of interventions in the early life cycle.
        KW  - intelligence
KW  - socio-emotional and economic home resources
KW  - initial risk matrix
KW  - persistence
KW  - peer relationship
KW  - school achievement
        ER  -