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High-Quality Early-Childhood Education at Scale : Evidence from a Multisite Randomized Trial

Dougan, William R.; García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We offer a new analysis of a large-scale trial of an early-childhood education program that targeted premature, low-birthweight children. This targeting heavily oversampled twins, whose outcomes differed significantly from singletons'. Singletons' gains in short-term cognition and age-18...

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The Impact of School and Childcare Closures on Labor Market Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Garcia, Kairon Shayne D.; Cowan, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

A substantial fraction of schools and childcare facilities in the United States closed their in-person operations …, we examine the impact of school and childcare closures on parental labor market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In …-17 years old) and whether childcare closures affect parents of young children (age <5 years old) relative to others. Our …

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Effects of Daily School and Care Disruptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Mental Health

Gassman-Pines, Anna; Ananat, Elizabeth; Fitz-Henley, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected American children, including disruptions to their care and school settings. Children attending in-person child care or school have contended with unpredictable closures and time in remote school, which in turn is subject to its own types of...

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Public School Access or Stay-at-Home Partner : Factors Mitigating the Adverse Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Parents

Deryugina, Tatyana; Shurchkov, Olga; Stearns, Jenna - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic created unexpected and prolonged disruptions to childcare access. Using survey evidence on time …-based or partner-provided childcare mitigated the severe disruptions to research observed among parents during COVID-19. We …

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Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home

Duncan, Greg J.; Kalil, Ariel; Mogstad, Magne; Rege, Mari - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized preschool programs and programs targeting the home environment. Our chapter reviews a large body of empirical work...

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