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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okr-10986-158872021-06-14T10:28:00Z Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica Gertler, Paul Heckman, James Pinto, Rodrigo Zanolini, Arianna Vermeersch, Christel Walker, Susan Chang-Lopez, Susan Grantham-McGregor, Sally 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 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 Jamaican health workers over a 2-year period that taught parenting skills and encouraged mothers to interact and play with their children in ways that would develop their children's cognitive and personality skills. The authors re-interviewed the study participants 20 years after the intervention. Stimulation increased the average earnings of participants by 42 percent. Treatment group earnings caught up to the earnings of a matched non-stunted comparison group. These findings show that psychosocial stimulation early in childhood in disadvantaged settings can have substantial effects on labor market outcomes and reduce later life inequality. 2013-09-26T19:52:36Z 2013-09-26T19:52:36Z 2013-07 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6529 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Jamaica |
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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 |
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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 Gertler, Paul Heckman, James Pinto, Rodrigo Zanolini, Arianna Vermeersch, Christel Walker, Susan Chang-Lopez, Susan Grantham-McGregor, Sally Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
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Latin America & Caribbean Jamaica |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6529 |
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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 Jamaican health workers over a
2-year period that taught parenting skills and encouraged
mothers to interact and play with their children in ways
that would develop their children's cognitive and
personality skills. The authors re-interviewed the study
participants 20 years after the intervention. Stimulation
increased the average earnings of participants by 42
percent. Treatment group earnings caught up to the earnings
of a matched non-stunted comparison group. These findings
show that psychosocial stimulation early in childhood in
disadvantaged settings can have substantial effects on labor
market outcomes and reduce later life inequality. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gertler, Paul Heckman, James Pinto, Rodrigo Zanolini, Arianna Vermeersch, Christel Walker, Susan Chang-Lopez, Susan Grantham-McGregor, Sally |
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Gertler, Paul Heckman, James Pinto, Rodrigo Zanolini, Arianna Vermeersch, Christel Walker, Susan Chang-Lopez, Susan Grantham-McGregor, Sally |
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Gertler, Paul |
| title |
Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
| title_short |
Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
| title_full |
Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
| title_fullStr |
Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica |
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labor market returns to early childhood stimulation : a 20-year followup to an experimental intervention in jamaica |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
| url |
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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