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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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