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Human Capital at Home: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in the Philippines

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  • Angrist, Noam
  • Kabay, Sarah
  • Karlan, Dean
  • Lau, Lincoln
  • Wong, Kevin

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Children spend most of their time at home in their early years, yet efforts to promote human capital at home in many low- and middle-income settings remain limited. We conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an intervention which encourages parents and caregivers to foster human capital accumulation among their children between ages 3 and 5, with a focus on math and phonics skills. Children gain 0.52 and 0.51 standard deviations relative to the control group on math and phonics tests, respectively (p

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  • Angrist, Noam & Kabay, Sarah & Karlan, Dean & Lau, Lincoln & Wong, Kevin, 2026. "Human Capital at Home: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in the Philippines," CEPR Discussion Papers 21178, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:21178
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    2. Bet Caeyers & Lina Cardona Sosa & Sarah Cattan & Sonya Krutikova & Abu Siddique, 2026. "Parents in the classroom: strengthening government capacity to deliver early childhood education," IFS Working Papers W26/11, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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