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The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors / Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conti, Gabriella.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21454.
- NBER working paper series no. w21454
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.
- Summary:
- This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC). There are pronounced gender effects strongly favoring boys, although there are also effects for girls. Dynamic mediation analyses show a significant role played by improved childhood traits, above and beyond the effects of experimentally enhanced adult socioeconomic status. These results show the potential of early life interventions for promoting health.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2015.
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