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62 IZA Discussion Papers
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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
forthcoming in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018
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. 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, published online: 14 Mar 2018
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
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8494
Fetus, Fasting, and Festival: The Persistent Effects of in Utero Social Shocks
Xi Chen
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014, 3: 165-169, DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.92
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. 7415
Intergenerational Long Term Effects of Preschool: Structural Estimates from a Discrete Dynamic Programming Model
James J. Heckman, Lakshmi K. Raut
forthcoming in: Journal of Econometrics [Online First]
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 Volume 53, August 2016, Pages 164-181
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-Fernández
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. 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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