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17 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16971
COVID-19 Lockdown, Home Environment, Lifestyles, and Mental Health among Preschoolers in China
Yuting Zhang, Jin Zhao, Zhangsheng Yu, Guanghai Wang, Jun Zhang, Fan Jiang, Saishuang Wu, Yue Zhang, Donglan Zhang, Xi Chen
published in: Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, 161, 107654
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16946
The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Estimates from the Nationwide Expansion
Hideo Akabayashi, Ryuichi Tanaka
published in: Education Economics, 2024, 32 (5), 581-598
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16675
Dealing With Imperfect Randomization: Inference for the Highscope Perry Preschool Program
James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Azeem M. Shaikh
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2024, 243 (1-2), 105683
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14921
Nudging Parents to Increase Preschool Attendance in Uruguay
Nicolas Ajzenman, Laura Becerra Luna, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Florencia Lopez Boo, Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría, Mercedes Mateo Diaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11913
Academic Achievement and the Gender Composition of Preschool Staff
Mette Gørtz, Eva Rye Johansen, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 55, 241 - 258
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11212
Preschool Attendance, School Progression, and Cognitive Skills in East Africa
Jan Bietenbeck, Sanna Ericsson, Fredrick M. Wamalwa
revised version published as 'Preschool attendance, schooling, and cognitive skills in East Africa' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, 101909
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10596
Does Universal Preschool Hit the Target? Program Access and Preschool Impacts
Elizabeth U. Cascio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10254
What is the Added Value of Preschool? Long-Term Impacts and Interactions with a Health Intervention
Maya Rossin-Slater, Miriam Wüst
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12 (3), 255-86.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9608
The Relationship between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century (pp. 201-219). 2017. Springer International Publishing.
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. 8957
Does Professional Development of Preschool Teachers Improve Child Socio-Emotional Outcomes?
Bente Jensen, Peter Jensen, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
published in : Labour Economics, 2017, 45, 26-39.
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. 7221
Quasi-Hyperbolic Time Preferences and their Intergenerational Transmission
Fabian Kosse, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
published in: Applied Economics Letters 2013, 20 (10), 983-986
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. 5888
Child Care, Maternal Employment and Persistence: A Natural Experiment from Spain
Natalia Nollenberger, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised version published as 'Full-Time Universal Childcare in a Context of Low Maternal Employment: Modest but Persistent Effects' in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 124 - 136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5625
Inference with Imperfect Randomization: The Case of the Perry Preschool Program
James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Azeem M. Shaikh, Adam Yavitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4533
The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
James J. Heckman, Seong Hyeok Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev, Adam Yavitz
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (1-2), 114-128
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