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Child Care Quality and Child Development [PDF]
, 2017 Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers.
María Caridad Araujo +2 more
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A Snapshot of Child Care Center Quality and Child Development in Mexico for Children Under Three [PDF]
, 2021 From 2018 to 2020, we conducted a groundbreaking, nationwide study in Mexico to assess the quality of service at public childcare centers for children under age three.
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Inequality in the Early Years in LAC: A Comparative Study of Size, Persistence, and Policies [PDF]
, 2023 Gaps in child development by socioeconomic status (SES) start early in life, are large and can increase inequalities later in life. We use recent national-level, cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine inequalities in child development (namely ...
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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]
, 2012 Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Sports and Child Development [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 The role of curricular activities for the formation of education, health and behavioural outcomes has been widely studied. Yet, the role of extra-curricular activities has received little attention. This study analyzes the effect of participation in sports clubs-one of the most popular extra-curricular activities among children.
Christina Felfe +2 more
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Breastfeeding and child development [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021 We show that children who are born at or just before the weekend are less likely to be breastfed, owing to poorer breastfeeding support services in hospitals at weekends. We use this variation to estimate the effect of breastfeeding on children's development in the first seven years of life, for a sample of births of low-educated mothers.
Emla Fitzsimons, Marcos Vera-Hernandez
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Child care subsidies and child development [PDF]
Economics of Education Review, 2008 Abstract Child care subsidies are an important part of federal and state efforts to move welfare recipients into employment. One of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage parents to purchase high-quality child care.
Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with an early onset and a strong genetic origin. Unaffected relatives may present similar but subthreshold characteristics of ASD.
Kyung-min An +8 more
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A focus on child development [PDF]
Science, 2014 By September 2014, the United Nations (UN) Open Working Group will present its final report on the Sustainable Development Goals to the UN Secretary General and President of the General Assembly, who will finalize these goals by September 2015. Because these goals (the successors to the Millennium Development Goals) will guide global action through ...
Karlee L, Silver, Peter A, Singer
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Uruguay Sustainable Development Report 2021 [PDF]
, 2021 Este informe presenta una edición especial del índice de los ODS y los tableros de control para Uruguay. Uruguay se compara con los países de la OCDE utilizando un conjunto específico de indicadores de los ODS disponibles para estos países.
Inter-American Development Bank
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