Language Environment and Maternal Expectations: An Evaluation of the LENA Start Program

Flavio Cunha, Marsha Gerdes, Qinyou Hu and Snejana Nihtianova

No 30837, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Research documents that parental beliefs influence early investments in children, which, in turn, determine early human capital and, eventually, other skills children acquire in later stages of the lifecycle, such as literacy. Our paper reports the results of an experimental evaluation of the LENA Start Program, a group- and center-based parenting program that teaches the science of early language development, models verbal interaction behaviors with children, and provides objective feedback to improve the early language environment. The intervention changes parental beliefs and impacts the quantity and quality of parental linguistic input.

JEL-codes: I21 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-01
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Published as Flávio Cunha & Marsha Gerdes & Qinyou Hu & Snejana Nihtianova, 2024. "Language Environment and Maternal Expectations: An Evaluation of the LENA Start Program," Journal of Human Capital, vol 18(1), pages 105-139.

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