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Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions Across the World: (Under) Investing in the Very Young

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  1. Baker-Henningham, Helen & López Bóo, Florencia, 2010. "Early Childhood Stimulation Interventions in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Literature Review," IZA Discussion Papers 5282, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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  4. María Fernanda Rosales, 2014. "Impact of Early Life Shocks on Human Capital Formation: El Niño Floods in Ecuador," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 87693, Inter-American Development Bank.
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  7. Holla,Alaka & Bendini,Maria Magdalena & Dinarte Diaz,Lelys Ileana & Trako,Iva, 2021. "Is Investment in Preprimary Education Too Low ? Lessons from (Quasi) ExperimentalEvidence across Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9723, The World Bank.
  8. Fujii, Tomoki & Shonchoy, Abu S. & Xu, Sijia, 2018. "Impact of Electrification on Children’s Nutritional Status in Rural Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 315-330.
  9. Fernald, Lia C.H. & Hidrobo, Melissa, 2011. "Effect of Ecuador's cash transfer program (Bono de Desarrollo Humano) on child development in infants and toddlers: A randomized effectiveness trial," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(9), pages 1437-1446, May.
  10. Janssens, Wendy & Rosemberg, Cristina, 2014. "The impact of a Caribbean home-visiting child development program on cognitive skills," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 22-37.
  11. Yang, Hyunwoo & Rao, Nirmala, 2025. "Early childhood care and education and child development: Variation within and between 60 low- and middle-income countries," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
  12. Divya Nair & Olakunle Alonge & Jena Derakhshani Hamadani & Shumona Sharmin Salam & Irteja Islam & Adnan A. Hyder, 2017. "Developmental Assessments during Injury Research: Is Enrollment of Very Young Children in Crèches Associated with Better Scores?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-10, September.
  13. Natalia Danzer & Victor Lavy, 2018. "Paid Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 128(608), pages 81-117, February.
  14. Krafft, Caroline, 2015. "Increasing educational attainment in Egypt: The impact of early childhood care and education," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 127-143.
  15. Lassassi, Moundir, 2021. "Does preschool improve child development and affect the quality of parent-child interaction? Evidence from Algeria," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
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  17. Luis Fernando Gamboa, 2014. "Pre-school contributions to future achievements," Documentos de Trabajo 11084, Universidad del Rosario.
  18. Victor Lavy & Giulia Lotti & Zizhong Yan, 2022. "Empowering Mothers and Enhancing Early Childhood Investment: Effect on Adults’ Outcomes and Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 57(3), pages 821-867.
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  20. El-Kogali,Safaa El Tayeb & Krafft,Caroline Gould & Abdelkhalek,Touhami & Benkassmi,Mohamed & Chavez,Monica I. & Bassett,Lucy Katherine & Ejjanoui,Fouzia & El-Kogali,Safaa El Tayeb & Krafft,Caroline Go, 2016. "The impact of a community development and poverty reduction program on early childhood development in Morocco," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7671, The World Bank.
  21. van Schalkwyk, May CI & Bourek, Aleš & Kringos, Dionne Sofia & Siciliani, Luigi & Barry, Margaret M. & De Maeseneer, Jan & McKee, Martin, 2020. "The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(12), pages 1379-1386.
  22. Yuhe Guo & Chengfang Liu & Yalin Tang, 2026. "Does Your Classmatesʼ Early Childhood Education Experience Affect Your Non‐Cognitive/Socio‐Emotional Skills?," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(2), May.
  23. Nakajima, Nozomi & Hasan, Amer & Jung, Haeil & Brinkman, Sally & Pradhan, Menno & Kinnell, Angela, 2019. "Investing in school readiness: A comparison of different early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 22-38.
  24. Narea, Marigen, 2014. "Does early centre-based care have an impact on child cognitive and socio-emotional development? Evidence from Chile," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 103992, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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  26. Rebecca J. Wyse & Jacklyn K. Jackson & Megan L. Hammersley & Fiona Stacey & Rachel A. Jones & Anthony Okely & Amanda Green & Sze Lin Yoong & Christophe Lecathelinais & Christine Innes-Hughes & Joe Xu , 2022. "Parent Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Outcomes from the Translational ‘Time for Healthy Habits’ Trial: Secondary Outcomes from a Partially Randomized Preference Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-15, May.
  27. Daniel Kuehnle & Michael Oberfichtner, 2020. "Does Starting Universal Childcare Earlier Influence Children’s Skill Development?," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(1), pages 61-98, February.
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  29. Nick Drydakis, 2023. "Parental unemployment and adolescents' academic performance," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 44(7), pages 1362-1381, February.
  30. Dominic Richardson & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2018. "Key Findings on Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report," Papers inorer948, Innocenti Research Report.
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  32. Yusuf Emre Akgündüz & Suzanne Heijnen, 2018. "Impact of Funding Targeted Pre-school Interventions on School Readiness: Evidence from the Netherlands," De Economist, Springer, vol. 166(2), pages 155-178, June.
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  34. Jade Marcus Jenkins, 2014. "Early Childhood Development as Economic Development," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 28(2), pages 147-165, May.
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  36. Bernal, Raquel & Fernández, Camila, 2013. "Subsidized childcare and child development in Colombia: Effects of Hogares Comunitarios de Bienestar as a function of timing and length of exposure," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 241-249.
  37. Espinoza-Delgado, José & Klasen, Stephan, 2018. "Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: An individual based approach," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 466-491.
  38. Mar a Jes s Manceb n Torrubia & Domingo P. Xim nez-de-Emb n & Adriano Villar-Aldonza, 2018. "Evaluaci n del efecto de la escolarizaci n temprana sobre las habilidades cognitivas y no cognitivas de los ni os de cinco/seis a os," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 226(3), pages 123-153, September.
  39. Frank, John & Bromley, Catherine & Doi, Larry & Estrade, Michelle & Jepson, Ruth & McAteer, John & Robertson, Tony & Treanor, Morag & Williams, Andrew, 2015. "Seven key investments for health equity across the lifecourse: Scotland versus the rest of the UK," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 136-146.
  40. Stalford, Helen, 2019. "The price is rights!: Cost benefit analysis and the resourcing of children's services," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 395-407.
  41. Vikram, Kriti & Chindarkar, Namrata, 2020. "Bridging the gaps in cognitive achievement in India: The crucial role of the integrated child development services in early childhood," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
  42. Subramanian, Mathangi, 2015. "Rethinking play: A postcolonial feminist critique of international early childhood education policy," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 161-168.
  43. Juan F. Castro, 2015. "Effects of early childhood development interventions on parental behaviour: evidence from a home-visiting programme in Peru," Working Papers 15-07, Centro de Investigación, Universidad del Pacífico.
  44. World Bank, 2012. "Toward an Equal Start," World Bank Publications - Reports 27220, The World Bank Group.
  45. Wong, Ho Lun & Luo, Renfu & Zhang, Linxiu & Rozelle, Scott, 2013. "The impact of vouchers on preschool attendance and elementary school readiness: A randomized controlled trial in rural China," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 53-65.
  46. Zhao, Qiran & Wang, Xiaobing & Rozelle, Scott, 2019. "Better cognition, better school performance? Evidence from primary schools in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 199-217.
  47. Bietenbeck, Jan & Ericsson, Sanna & Wamalwa, Fredrick M., 2019. "Preschool attendance, schooling, and cognitive skills in East Africa," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
  48. Wenting Liu & Yijia Li & Lidong Zhang & Yuyang Xie & Jin Zhao & Hongyu Guan, 2025. "Preschool education and non-cognitive skills: evidence from rural China’s junior high students," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
  49. Aomar Ibourk & Karim El Aynaoui & Tayeb Ghazi, 2023. "Exploration multiniveaux des causes de la pauvreté des apprentissages au Maroc : une approche compréhensive," Research papers & Policy papers on Economic Trends and Policies 2318, Policy Center for the New South.
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  51. McCoy, Dana Charles & Salhi, Carmel & Yoshikawa, Hirokazu & Black, Maureen & Britto, Pia & Fink, Günther, 2018. "Home- and center-based learning opportunities for preschoolers in low- and middle-income countries," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 44-56.
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  57. Mostafa Hamdy El Said Ahmed, 2020. "The difference between Educate Me preschoolers and their counterparts of traditional schools in the socio-emotional development domain," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 4(12), pages 196-203, December.
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  59. Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr & Sybille Lehwald, 2016. "Inequality in Germany: Myths, Facts, and Policy Implications," ifo Working Paper Series 217, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
  60. Hazarika, Gautam & Viren, Vejoya, 2013. "The effect of early childhood developmental program attendance on future school enrollment in rural North India," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 146-161.
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  66. Rosales-Rueda, Maria, 2018. "The impact of early life shocks on human capital formation: evidence from El Niño floods in Ecuador," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 13-44.
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