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The First 2,000 Days and Child Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Home Visiting
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Date Issued
2017-07
Date Available
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Abstract
Using a randomized experiment, this study investigates the impact of sustained investment in parenting, from pregnancy until age five, in the context of extensive welfare provision. Providing the Preparing for Life program, incorporating home visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to disadvantaged Irish families raises children’s cognitive and socio-emotional/behavioral scores by two-thirds and one-quarter of a standard deviation respectively by school entry. There are few differential effects by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children’s skills are narrowed. Analyses account for small sample size, differential attrition, multiple testing, contamination, and performance bias.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Start Page
1
End Page
84
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP2017/15
Classification
C93
D13
I26
J13
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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