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Empowering mothers and enhancing early childhood investment : effect on adults outcomes and children cognitive and non-cognitive skills
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Lavy, Victor, Lotti, Giulia and Yan, Zizhong (2022) Empowering mothers and enhancing early childhood investment : effect on adults outcomes and children cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Journal of Human Resources, 57 (3). pp. 821-867. doi:10.3368/jhr.57.3.0917-9083R2 ISSN 0022-166X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.3.0917-9083R2
Abstract
Empowering women and enhancing children’s early development are two important goals often pursued via independent policy initiatives. In this paper we study a unique approach that targets both at the same time. AVSI, an Italian NGO, provides family advisor-guided parent training sessions in a poor neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador. We find that the program empowered women in various dimensions, including higher likelihood of employment in the formal-sector and wages. Treated mothers have a greater role in intra-household decisions, especially on children’s education and discipline and increase parental inputs into their children’s development. Treated children improve their cognitive and non-cognitive skills.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Human Resources | ||||||||
Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-166X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 May 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 821-867 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.3368/jhr.57.3.0917-9083R2 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 June 2020 | ||||||||
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