IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The adult consequences on wellbeing of abuse and neglect in childhood ' in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2024, 14 (3), 3513, 1-28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16447

Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality

Tine Louise Mundbjerg Eriksen, Amanda Gaulke, Jannet Svensson, Niels Skipper, Peter Rønø Thingholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16442

High-Quality Early-Childhood Education at Scale: Evidence from a Multisite Randomized Trial

William Dougan, Jorge Luis García, Illia Polovnikov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16370

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers

Frederik H. Bennhoff, Jorge Luis García, Duncan Ermini Leaf

published in: Human Capital, 2024, 18 (1), 44-73.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16115

Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net

Achyuta Adhvaryu, N. Meltem Daysal, Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Teresa Molina, Herdis Steingrimsdottir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16017

Effects of Early Childhood Climate on Cognitive Development and Home Environment

Wenjie Wu, Yang Zhe, Jun Hyung Kim, Ai Yue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15940

Long-Term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru

Nicolas Pazos, Marta Favara, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott, Jere R. Behrman

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 54, 101407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15795

Does Using Planning Policy to Restrict Fast Food Outlets Reduce Inequalities in Childhood Overweight and Obesity?

Huasheng Xiang, Viviana Albani, Louis Goffe, Nasima Akhter, Amelia Lake, Heather Brown

published as 'Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: a quasi-experimental analysis' in: Obesity, 2024, 32 (12), 2345-2353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15531

Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Michihito Ando, Hiroaki Mori, Shintaro Yamaguchi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15421

Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence

Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Cecilie Marie Løchte Jørgensen, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Miriam Gensowski

publishled in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104880

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15095

Reducing Racial Inequality in Access to the Ballot Reduces Racial Inequality in Children's Later-Life Outcomes

Daniel Jones, Ying Shi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15094

Early Life Access to Polio Vaccines and Declining Disability Rates in India

Mayanka Ambade, Nidhiya Menon, S. V. Subramanian

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14868

The Health Effects of Universal Early Childhood Interventions: Evidence from Sure Start

Sarah Cattan, Gabriella Conti, Christine Farquharson, Rita Ginja, Maud Pecher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14809

Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty

Zhiming Cheng, Liwen Guo, Russell Smyth, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Energy Economics, 2022, 111, 106101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14775

Civil War, Famine and the Persistence of Human Capital: Evidence from Tajikistan

Louise Grogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14698

Behavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment

Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold

this is an earlier version of: IZA DP No. 16915: Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14670

Head Start Funding Expansions and Program Inputs

Chris M. Herbst, Esra Kose

published in: Public Finance Review, 2024, 52 (1), 42-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14656

Income and Views on Minimum Living Standards

David W. Johnston, Nidhiya Menon

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 199, 18 - 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14591

Why Are Pollution Damages Lower in Developed Countries? Insights from High-Income, High-Particulate Matter Hong Kong

Jonathan Colmer, Dajun Lin, Siying Liu, Jay Shimshack

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14575

The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Victor Ronda

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (6), 1477 - 1506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14525

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Jorge Luis García, Frederik H. Bennhoff, Duncan Ermini Leaf, James J. Heckman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14260

Ethnic Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment and a Structural Model

Vincent Boucher, Semih Tumen, Michael Vlassopoulos, Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14173

The Impact of Caste: A Missing Link in the Literature on Stunting in India

Rajesh Ramachandran, Ashwini Deshpande

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14161

Adverse Childhood Circumstances and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Lower Level or Faster Decline?

Zhuoer Lin, Xi Chen

published in: SSM - Population Health, 2021, 14, 100767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14127

Educational, Labor-Market and Intergenerational Consequences of Poor Childhood Health

Krzysztof Karbownik, Anthony Wray

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14054

Experimental Evidence from an Integrated Early Childhood Parenting Program in Sierra Leone

Anjali Chandra, Subha Mani, Heather Dolphin, Meredith Dyson, Yembeh Marah

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14048

Child Care over the Business Cycle

Jessica H. Brown, Chris M. Herbst

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (S1), S429-S468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13998

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human Capital and Economic Outcomes

Marika Cabral, Bokyung Kim, Maya Rossin-Slater, Molly Schnell, Hannes Schwandt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13901

Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes

Eduardo Fe, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (10), 2643–2704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13460

Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age: Comparative Evidence from China and the United States

Xi Chen, Binjian Yan, Thomas M. Gill

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2022, 160, 689 - 716

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13458

Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities, and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Carlo Barone, Denis Fougère, Karine Martel

published in: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024, 17 (4), 746–769

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13387

Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence

Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13101

Quantiles of the Gain Distribution of an Early Childhood Intervention

Erich Battistin, Carlos Lamarche, Enrico Rettore

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024, 39 (6), 1045-1064

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13064

Early Childhood Education and Life-cycle Health

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman

published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (S1), 119-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13063

Psychological Resilience to Major Socioeconomic Life Events

Fabrice Etilé, Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields

published as 'Measuring resilience to major life events' in: Elsevier Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 191, 598-619

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12989

Efficient Targeting in Childhood Interventions

Alexander Paul, Dorthe Bleses, Michael Rosholm

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 September 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12904

Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development

Samuel Berlinski, Maria Marta Ferreyra, Luca Flabbi, Juan David Martin

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (6), 2113–2177

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12898

Children of Crisis: The Effects of Economic Shocks on Newborns

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Belgi Turan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12788

Parental Job Loss and Children's Careers

Kristiina Huttunen, Krista Riukula

published in: Labour Economics. 2024, 90, 102578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12774

Birth Order, Parental Health Investment, and Health in Childhood

Gerald J. Pruckner, Nicole Schneeweis, Thomas Schober, Martina Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12590

Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Teresa Molina Millán, Karen Macours, John Maluccio, Luis Tejerina

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102385

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12585

Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers

Andrés Hojman, Florencia López Bóo

published as 'Public childcare benefits children and mothers: Evidence from a nationwide experiment in a developing country' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 212, 104686

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12506

Parental Beliefs, Investments, and Child Development: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment

Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso, Italo Lopez Garcia, Paula Bedregal, Miguel Cordero

revised version published as 'Impacts of a Large-Scale Parenting Program: Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (4), 1113–1161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12363

Intergenerational and Intragenerational Externalities of the Perry Preschool Project

James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12362

The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference

James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163

Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 70 (4), 1479 – 1529

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12109

Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras

Florencia López Bóo, John Creamer

published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11985

Who's Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality

James Gordon, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 80, 102076

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11872

Cross Cohort Evidence on Gendered Sorting Patterns in the UK: The Importance of Societal Movements versus Childhood Variables

Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Grace Lordan

published as 'Documenting Occupational Sorting by Gender in the UK across Three Cohorts: Does a Grand Convergence Rely on Societal Movements? in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 65, 2215–2256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11741

What Do Parents Value in a Child Care Provider? Evidence from Yelp Consumer Reviews

Chris M. Herbst, Kevin C. Desouza, Saud Alashri, Srinivasa Srivatsav Kandala, Mayank Khullar, Vikash Bajaj

published in: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2020, 51, 288-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11689

One Billion Euro Program for Early Childcare Services in Italy

Isabella Giorgetti, Matteo Picchio

published in: Metroeconomica, 2021, 72 (3), 469-492

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11630

Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

Miriam Gensowski, Torben Heien Nielsen, Nete Munk Nielsen, Maya Rossin-Slater, Miriam Wüst

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, 27 - 36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11533

Paid Parental Leave and Families' Living Arrangements

Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Daniel Kühnle, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 182 - 197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11452

Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development

Matias Berthelon, Diana Kruger, Rafael Sánchez

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 43, 101047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11450

Understanding the Mechanisms through Which Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Lifetime Economic Outcomes

Stefanie Schurer, Kristian Trajkovski

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, Article 101743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11450

Understanding the Mechanisms through Which Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Lifetime Economic Outcomes

Stefanie Schurer, Kristian Trajkovski

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, Article 101743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11397

The Temporal Dynamics of Neighborhood Disadvantage in Childhood and Subsequent Problem Behavior in Adolescence

Tom Kleinepier, Maarten van Ham

published in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2018, 47 (8), 1611–1628.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11234

Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform

Jesper Alex-Petersen, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (2), 876-908

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11078

The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students

Amy Hsin, Francesc Ortega

published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (4), 1487-1506.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10944

Ethnic Differences in Duration and Timing of Exposure to Neighbourhood Disadvantage during Childhood

Tom Kleinepier, Maarten van Ham

published as 'Ethnic differences in timing and duration of exposure to neighborhood disadvantage during childhood' in: Advances in Life Course Research, 2018, 36, 92 - 104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10872

Life After Lead: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead

Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (3), 315 - 344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10811

Quantifying the Life-Cycle Benefits of a Prototypical Early Childhood Program

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Duncan Ermini Leaf, Maria José Prados

revised version available as NBER Working Paper No. 23479

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10758

Gender Differences in the Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Anna Ziff

revised version available as NBER Working Paper No. 23412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10742

Evaluation of the Reggio Approach to Early Education

Pietro Biroli, Daniela Del Boca, James J. Heckman, Lynne Pettler Heckman, Yu Kyung Koh, Sylvi Kuperman, Sidharth Moktan, Chiara D. Pronzato, Anna Ziff

published in: Research in Economics, 2018, 72 (1), 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10739

Parental Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility

Charles Courtemanche, Rusty Tchernis, Xilin Zhou

published as 'Maternal Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2019, 13 (4), 553 - 584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10715

Evaluating the Effects of a Targeted Home Visiting Program on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Malte Sandner, Thomas Cornelissen, Tanja Jungmann, Peggy Herrmann

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 269 - 283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10538

Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Jason M. Fletcher, Stefanie Schurer

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17(2), 20150212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10456

The Life-cycle Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Duncan Ermini Leaf, Maria José Prados

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10402

Missing Data, Imputation, and Endogeneity

Ian K. McDonough, Daniel L. Millimet

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199 (2), 141-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10315

Sex-Differences in Language and Socio-Emotional Skills: Evidence from Large Scale Studies of Very Young Children

Rosangela Bando, Florencia López Bóo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10296

A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Jane Leer, Florencia López Bóo, Ana Perez Expósito, Christine Powell

published as 'Assessing the quality of home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean' in: Early Child Development and Care, 2019, 189 (13), 2183 - 2196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9552

Same Program, Different Outcomes: Understanding Differential Effects from Access to Free, High-Quality Early Care

Juan Chaparro, Aaron Sojourner

published as 'Differential effects from access to high-quality early care' in: In A.J. Reynolds, J.A. Temple (eds.): Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains, Cambridge, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9476

Early Childhood Education

Sneha Elango, Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Andrés Hojman

published in: Robert A. Moffitt (ed.), Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume II, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, 235-298.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9337

The Political Economy of State and Local Investment in Pre-K Programs

Matthew E. Kahn, Kyle Barron

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9247

The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors

Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto

Published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (596), F28-F65.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8856

Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio, Sarah Cattan, Emla Fitzsimons, Costas Meghir, Marta Rubio-Codina

published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (1), 48–85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8494

Fetus, Fasting, and Festival: The Persistent Effects of in Utero Social Shocks

Xi Chen

published in: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014, 3, 165-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8030

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Peng Nie, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46(20), 2418–2428

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7708

What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes

Sungwook Cho, Almas Heshmati

published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2015, 42 (1), 20-33.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7657

The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence

Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis

published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 56, 2185-2224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7550

Measuring Investment in Human Capital Formation: An Experimental Analysis of Early Life Outcomes

Orla Doyle, Colm P. Harmon, James J. Heckman, Caitriona Logue, Seong Hyeok Moon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7453

Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood

Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis

published as 'Persistence in Body Mass Index in a Recent Cohort of US Children' in: Economics an Human Biology, 2015, 17, 157-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7415

Intergenerational Long Term Effects of Preschool: Structural Estimates from a Discrete Dynamic Programming Model

James J. Heckman, Lakshmi K. Raut

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2016, 191 (1), 164 - 175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7087

Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?

Greg J. Duncan, Aaron Sojourner

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48 (4), 945-986.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7040

Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (6), 2052-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6986

Kindergarten for All: Long Run Effects of a Universal Intervention

Nina Drange, Tarjei Havnes, Astrid M. J. Sandsør

published in Economics of Education Review, 2016, 53, 164-181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6945

Resilience to Economic Shocks and the Long Reach of Childhood Bullying

Nattavudh Powdthavee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6930

The Economics of Child Well-Being

Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman

published in: A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frones, and J. Korbin (eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods, and Policies in Global Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6755

Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments

Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published as 'The Early Origins of Birth Order Differences in Children's Outcomes and Parental Behavior' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, 123 - 156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6332

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Later-Life Economic Consequences

Alan Barrett, Yumiko Kamiya

revised version published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2014, 53, 10-16, with Vincent O'Sullivan added as third author

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6315

Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173

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