Early Childhood Intervention for the Poor: Long Term Outcomes

Pamela Jervis, Lina Cardona-Sosa, Michele Giannola, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Costas Meghir, Marta Rubio-Codina, Monimalika Day and Orazio Attanasio
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Britta Augsburg and Alison Ruth Andrew

No 32165, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Early childhood interventions aim to improve parenting, children’s skills, thus reducing poverty. While short-term effects are well documented, evidence on longer-term impacts in low-income countries remains limited. We present results of a medium-term follow-up to a scalable home-visiting randomized intervention in India that previously improved children’s cognitive and language development. After 4.5 years (average child age 7.5 years), significant impacts persisted in early numeracy (0.33 SD, p=0.007) and marginally in literacy (0.27 SD, p=0.064), driven by the most disadvantaged children. IQ differences faded. Parental investment in education and participation in stimulating activities with the child remained increased.

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Date: 2024-02
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