Introduction: what have we learned about the problems of and prospects for disadvantaged youth? / Jonathan Gruber -- Education : the behavioral consequences of pre-kindergarten participation for disadvantaged youth / David Figlio and Jeffrey Roth -- Is gaining access to selective elementary...

Introduction / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Issues in implementation / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Early childhood interventions -- Child development / Greg J. Duncan, Jens Ludwig and Katherine A. Magnuson -- Child care / Patricia M. Anderson -- Child health / Lara...

It has been argued that since 2014, under the BJP-led central government, welfare benefits in India have become better targeted and less prone to clientelistic control by state and local governments. Arguably this has helped to increase the vote share of the BJP vis-a-vis regional parties. We...