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124 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17897
Gene x Environment Interactions: Polygenic Scores and the Impact of an Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia
Orazio Attanasio, Gabriella Conti, Pamela Jervis, Costas Meghir, Aysu Okbay
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17837
Gender Gaps in Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Samuel Berlinski, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Alba Sóñora-Noya
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2025, 57, 101472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17351
The Declining Relative Quality of the Child Care Workforce
Chris M. Herbst
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17133
Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from The Gambia
Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis Ortiz, Nathalie Lahire, Todd Pugatch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17130
Impacts of Integrating Early Childhood with Health Services: Experimental Evidence from the Cresça Com Seu Filho Home Visiting Program
Florencia López Bóo, Maria de la Paz Ferro, Pedro Carneiro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16961
Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
Asadul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, Tabassum Rahman, Tanvir Shatil, Abu Siddique
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16915
Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (3), 1133 -1172
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16764
Childhood Circumstances and Health of American and Chinese Older Adults: A Machine Learning Evaluation of Inequality of Opportunity in Health
Shutong Huo, Derek Feng, Thomas M. Gill, Xi Chen
published in: China CDC Weekly, 2024, 6 (11), 213-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16729
How Daycare Quality Shapes Norms around Daycare Use and Parental Employment: Experimental Evidence from Germany
Marie-Fleur Philipp, Silke Büchau, Pia S. Schober, Viktoria Werner, C. Katharina Spieß
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16479
The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adults' Subjective Wellbeing
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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
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