[VIDEO] Parental Investment, School Quality, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood

Event: KDIS-3ie-ADB-ADBI Conference on Impact Evaluation - Challenges and Promise for Human Capital Development in Asia

[VIDEO] Parental Investment, School Quality, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood

17 November 2020

Author / Speaker:

Nele Warrinnier, Queen Mary University of London - Other materials by the author

We present evidence from a randomized experiment on the impacts of a six-month early childhood homevisiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent intervention effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning which plays a central role in children’s development of cognitive and socio-emotional skills. We also find that the program had persistent effects on both parental time investments and preschool enrolment, with children in the treatment group enrolling earlier and in better quality preschools. Our finding of improved parental preschool selection in treatment villages points to an important intervention-induced persistent shift in parental investment behaviour which might lead to long-term benefits over the life-cy

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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