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Keeping kids in care: What makes a difference in state CCDF policy?
Topics: Policy, Politics, and GovernanceChild care subsidies play an important role in stabilizing parental employment and helping low- income families access care. With limited federal requirements under CCDBG, states developed divergent subsidy program policies.
Helping Parents Navigate the Early Childhood Enrollment Process: Experimental Evidence from New Orleans
Topics: School ChoiceThe early childhood enrollment process involves searching for programs, applying, verifying eligibility(for publicly funded seats), and enrolling. Many families do not complete the process. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess strategies for communicating with families as they… more →
When behavioral barriers are too high or low – How timing matters for parenting interventions
Topics: Families and CommunitiesTags: Parenting, Child developmentThe time children spend with their parents affects their development. Parenting programs can help parents use that time more effectively. Text-messaged-based parenting curricula have proven an effective means of supporting positive parenting practices by providing easy and fun activities that… more →
How important are beliefs about gender differences in math ability? Transmission across generations and impacts on child outcomes
Topics: Student LearningWe study the transmission of beliefs about gender differences in math ability from adults to children and how this affects girls’ academic performance relative to boys. We exploit randomly assigned variation in the proportion of a child’s middle school classmates whose parents believe boys are… more →
Why Who Marries Whom Matters: Effects of Educational Assortative Mating on Infant Health in the U.S. 1969-1994
Topics: Families and CommunitiesTags: Child development, ParentingEducational assortative mating patterns in the U.S. have changed since the 1960s, but we know little about the effects of these patterns on children, particularly on infant health. Rising educational homogamy may alter prenatal contexts through parental stress and resources, with… more →
Too little or too much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment
Topics: Student LearningText-message based parenting programs have proven successful in improving parental engagement and preschoolers’ literacy development. The tested programs have provided a combination of (a) general information about important literacy skills, (b) actionable advice (i.e., specific examples of such… more →