Early intervention and child physical health: Evidence from a Dublin-based randomized controlled trial
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- Doyle, Orla & Fitzpatrick, Nick & Lovett, Judy & Rawdon, Caroline, 2015. "Early intervention and child physical health: Evidence from a Dublin-based randomized controlled trial," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 224-245.
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Keywords
randomized controlled trial; home visiting; child physical health; early intervention;JEL classification:
- C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2015-12-12 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2015-12-12 (Health Economics)
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