Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth
Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19038779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tania Barham (0000-0002-7889-2200, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), Karen Macours (0000-0002-1585-4418, Paris School of Economics), John A Maluccio (0000-0003-1849-7759, Middlebury College) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467-471 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8282 • E-ISSN: 1944-7981 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/aer.103.3.467 |
| PMID | 29524932 |
| OpenAlex | W1988095590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 15 |
It is often assumed that early life circumstances, in particular before age two, are important for later human capital development. Using experimental variation in the timing of benefits from a conditional cash transfer program, we test the hypothesis that intervention starting in utero and continuing in the first two years is critical. At age ten, boys exposed to the program during this period had better cognitive, but not anthropometric, outcomes than those exposed in their second year of life or later. The lack of a differential effect on anthropometrics was due catch-up growth
Anthropometry · Child development · Cognition · Cognitive development · Conditional cash transfer · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood intervention · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Life course approach · Psychological intervention · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
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| Citations per year | 2.8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |