Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica

Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica

This paper finds large effects on the earnings of participants from a randomized intervention that gave psychosocial stimulation to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour weekly visits from community Jam...

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Main Authors: Gertler, Paul, Heckman, James, Pinto, Rodrigo, Zanolini, Arianna, Vermeersch, Christel, Walker, Susan, Chang-Lopez, Susan, Grantham-McGregor, Sally
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ADJUSTMENT
AGING
ANXIETY
ARITHMETIC
ATTRITION
BIRTH ORDER
BIRTH WEIGHT
BRAIN
BRAIN RESEARCH
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
COGNITION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMPETENCE
CONDITIONING
CONTROL GROUPS
CRIME
CURRICULUM
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
DISEASE
EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION VARIABLES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT
ENROLLMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXAM
EXAMS
FAMILIES
FEMALES
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
HEAD START
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH WORKERS
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HOOKWORM
HUMAN CAPITAL
HYPERACTIVITY
INCOME
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFERENCE
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
INTUITION
INVENTORY
ISOLATION
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
MALNUTRITION
MEDICINE
MENTAL
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTOR SKILLS
PARENTING
PEDIATRICS
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY TRAITS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRODUCTIVITY
PSYCHOLOGY
QUALITY SCHOOLS
READING
RISK FACTORS
SCHOOLING
SEX
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
TEACHING
THINKING
TREATMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
YOUNG CHILDREN
stunting
randomized trial
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18005953/labor-market-returns-early-childhood-stimulation-20-year-followup-experimental-intervention-jamaica
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15887

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18005953/labor-market-returns-early-childhood-stimulation-20-year-followup-experimental-intervention-jamaica
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15887

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