Can Early Intervention Have a Sustained Effect on Human Capital?

Orla Doyle

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue 5, 1599-1636

Abstract: Many early intervention studies experience a dissolution of treatment effects in the aftermath of the intervention. Using a randomized trial, this work examines the impact of Preparing for Life, a pregnancy to age five home visiting and parenting program, on outcomes in middle childhood. I find significant treatment effects on cognitive skills (0.55 SD) and school achievement tests (0.30–0.54 SD) at age nine. There is no impact on socio†emotional skills, and there is little evidence of treatment heterogeneity by gender, birth order, or distribution of ability. The effects are mainly driven by improvements in early parental beliefs.

JEL-codes: C93 I26 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0321-11557R1
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Working Paper: Can Early Intervention have a Sustained Effect on Human Capital? (2020)
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