Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260501 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 931
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Abstract: 
We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive and socio-emotional skills. We also find that the program had persistent effects on parental time investments and preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in preferences over preschool attributes toward quality. Our findings imply an important role for the availability of high-quality subsequent schooling in sustaining the impacts of early intervention programs.
Subjects: 
Early Childhood Development
Parenting
China
Poverty
JEL: 
J13
I21
I28
H11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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