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The Impact of a National Early Childhood Development Program on Future Schooling Attainment: Evidence from Integrated Child Development Services in India

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  • Arindam Nandi
  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Ramanan Laxminarayan

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Evidence on the long-term benefits of early-life interventions remains inadequate in developing countries. In this paper, we evaluate the effect of India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a national program of supplemental nutrition and health services, on schooling. Using national survey data and employing age-state and village or city ward fixed effects regression, we find that nonmigrant 15–54-year-old men and 15–49-year-old women who were exposed to an ICDS center during the first 3 years of life completed 0.1–0.3 more grades of schooling than those who were not exposed. The effect is stronger among women than among men.

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  • Arindam Nandi & Jere R. Behrman & Ramanan Laxminarayan, 2020. "The Impact of a National Early Childhood Development Program on Future Schooling Attainment: Evidence from Integrated Child Development Services in India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 291-316.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/703078
    DOI: 10.1086/703078
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    1. Hojman, Andrés & Lopez Boo, Florencia, 2022. "Public childcare benefits children and mothers: Evidence from a nationwide experiment in a developing country," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).

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