Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92949 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 518
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in Germany. 12 months after birth, the intervention increases infants' cognitive development by 0.18 SD. However, the effect fades out after 24 months. Gender analyses reveal that the intervention was more beneficial for girls. Furthermore, sensitivity analyses show that the estimated effects seem downward biased by additional treatment for the control families. Analyzing the infant skill formation process reveals self-productivity of skills but in different magnitude for boys and girls.
Subjects: 
Early Childhood Intervention
Randomized Experiment
JEL: 
J13
J12
I21
H52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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