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标题：Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Child Development and Early Skill Formation. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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作者：Malte Sandner
期刊名称：Diskussionspapiere / Universität Hannover
印刷版ISSN：0949-9962
出版年度：2013
卷号：2013
出版社：Hannover
摘要：This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program implemented in Germany for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families. The intervention increases infants’ cognitive development by 0.18 SD, about 12 months after birth. However, the effect fades out after 24 months. Gender analyses reveal that the intervention was more beneficial for girls. Furthermore, sensitivity analyses show that the estimated effects seem biased downward by additional treatment for the control families. Analyzing the infant skill formation process reveals self-productivity of skills; however, the magnitude differed for boys and girls.
关键词：Early Childhood Intervention; Randomized Experiment