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101 IZA Discussion Papers
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14670
Head Start Funding Expansions and Program Inputs
Chris M. Herbst, Esra Kose
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14656
Income and Views on Minimum Living Standards
David W. Johnston, Nidhiya Menon
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
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
forthcoming in: Social Science & Medicine - Population Health, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14127
Educational, Labor-Market and Intergenerational Consequences of Poor Childhood Health
Krzysztof Karbownik, Anthony Wray
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
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
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
forthcoming in: Social Indicators Research, 2020
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
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13064
Early Childhood Education and Life-cycle Health
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13063
Psychological Resilience to Major Socioeconomic Life Events
Fabrice Etilé, Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12989
Efficient Targeting in Childhood Interventions
Alexander Paul, Dorthe Bleses, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12904
Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development
Samuel Berlinski, Maria Marta Ferreyra, Luca Flabbi, Juan David Martin
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12774
Birth Order, Parental Health Investment, and Health in Childhood
Gerald J. Pruckner, Nicole Schneeweis, Thomas Schober, Martina Zweimüller
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12585
Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers
Andrés Hojman, Florencia López Bóo
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
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 P. Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch
forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change
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
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
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
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
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
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
forthcoming in: Review of Economic Studies
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, volume 55, issue 4, pages 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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10872
Life After Lead: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead
Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel
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
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