Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302647 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17130
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Delivering early childhood programs at scale is a major policy challenge. One way to do so is by using existing public infrastructure. This paper experimentally assesses the short-term impacts of a new government home visiting program integrated into health care services. The program changed the allocation of time for community health workers, asking them to carry out early childhood development-related tasks. We find that access to the program has a positive but modest impact on home environment quality and no impact on child development nor on children's health status. Our results point to the importance of workload, supervision and buy-in from delivery actors to enhance fidelity of interventions.
Subjects: 
early childhood
parenting
JEL: 
J10
I10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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