Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Child Development and Early Skill Formation. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Early Childhood Intervention; Randomized Experiment;JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2013-09-28 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2013-09-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-URE-2013-09-28 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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