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The Legacy of China's One-Child Policy on Human Capital: How Being Raised by an Only Child Affects Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Development

Feng, Shuaizhang; Gan, Yu; Han, Yujie; Kautz, Tim - 2026

China's One-Child Policy (OCP) restricted most couples to a single birth, leading to a rapid increase in the prevalence of only children. Using longitudinal data and a regression discontinuity design around the policy's start, we estimate the effects on grandchildren's human capital. We find...

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Early learning across decades : advances in measuring Head Start effectiveness

Gibbs, Chloe R. - 2026

The Head Start program, launched in 1965 and targeted to children from disadvantaged backgrounds, remains the largest early childhood care and education (ECE) program in the United States and the only one deployed at the federal level. As such, the Head Start literature spans several decades and...

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Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Development from Toddlerhood to Adolescence

Datta Gupta, Nabanita; Jessen, Jonas; Spiess, C. Katharina - In: Review of Economics of the Household (2026) Online first articles, pp. 1-42

We analyse how maternal life satisfaction impacts child development at different ages from toddlerhood to adolescence …-being can be raised. Looking at the association between paternal life satisfaction and child development, we find similarly …. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, which captures maternal life satisfaction and various age-specific measures of child …

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The legacy of China’s one-child policy on human capital : how being raised by an only child affects cognitive and noncognitive skill development

Feng, Shuaizhang; Gan, Yu; Han, Yujie; Kautz, Tim - 2026

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Early learning across decades : advances in measuring head start effectiveness

Gibbs, Chloe - 2026

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Origins and developmental paths of medical conditions from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence in Australia: The early-life adverse conditions and lasting effects

Nguyen, Lan; Connelly, Luke B.; Birch, Stephen; Nguyen, … - 2025

This study investigates the medical condition of Australian children aged 4 to 14 years and the impact of prenatal and early-life conditions on these health conditions, using a large national data set (n=4,122) with 15 years of follow-up. Consistent with the developmental origins of health and...

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Only-Child Parents and the Language Cognitive Ability of Their Children in China

Xu, Hui; Zhang, Zheyuan; Zhao, Zhong - 2025

Social interaction plays an important role in early language development, and family is considered a major arena for socialization. However, little is known about the potential impact of one particular demographic group of parents, notably those parents who were themselves only children. This...

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Cohabitation, child development, and college costs

Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Hannusch, Anne; Kopecky, Karen A.; … - 2025

Why do US college-educated couples with children marry at higher rates than those without a college degree? We argue that investing in children is more valuable for college-educated couples, who are more likely to send their children to college. Marriage, which entails lower separation risk and...

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Teacher Gender Effects on Students' Socio-Emotional Skills

Morando, Greta; Sen, Sonkurt - 2025

Socio-emotional skills are recognized as key factors influencing both early and later life outcomes. However, there is limited evidence on how these skills are shaped within the classroom environment. This paper uses nationally representative survey data from England to examine the impact of...

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Cohabitation, Child Development, and College Costs

Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Hannusch, Anne; Kopecky, Karen A.; … - 2025

US college-educated couples with children marry at higher rates than those without a college degree. We argue that marriage, which entails lower separation risk and more equitable asset division if separation occurs, provides insurance to the lower-earning spouse, facilitating child investment....

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