Center-based care for infants and toddlers: The aeioTU randomized trial

Milagros Nores, Raquel Bernal and W. Barnett

Economics of Education Review, 2019, vol. 72, issue C, 30-43

Abstract: Little is known about the effectiveness of center-based high quality educational programs for infants and toddlers, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This paper reports effects from a randomized trial of a high-quality center-based early intervention on infants and toddlers in two communities in northern Colombia. Just eight months into the program results indicate large positive effects on language, cognitive development and overall development, with girls benefitting the most. No effects were found on nutritional outcomes, socio-emotional development or the home environment.

Keywords: Early childhood development; Early education; Poverty; Impact evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 I10 I20 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.05.004

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