This paper finds large effects on the earnings of participants from a randomized intervention that gave psychosocial stimulation to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour weekly visits from community Jamaican health workers over a 2-year period that taught parenting skills and encouraged mothers to interact and play with their children in ways that would develop their children's cognitive and personality...
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2013/07/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS6529
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2013/07/01
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Disclosed
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Labor market returns to early childhood stimulation : a 20-year followup to an experimental intervention in Jamaica
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