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Why Do Children Born to Teenage Mothers Have Worse Lifetime Outcomes?

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 admin children, parenting, teen pregnancy, women

Children born to teenage mothers have worse outcomes—poorer health, less schooling, and lower earnings in adulthood. However, the cause of

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Text-Messaging Parents Can Help Kids Learn to Read—Especially If the Curriculum Is Personalized and Differentiated

February 25, 2019 admin children, early childhood, education, parenting

Educational interventions based on behavioral economics principles have shown promise for combatting some of the persistent disparities in education outcomes.

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Text-Messaging Program READY4K! Supports Early Literacy Development in the Home

February 25, 2019March 6, 2019 admin children, early childhood, education, parenting

Racial and socioeconomic gaps in academic achievement begin early in life, with large gaps in skills present by the time

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Unintended Consequences—How Targeting Schools for Special Benefits in France Can Do More Harm Than Good

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 admin children, education, inequality, low-income students, parenting, school accountability

Compensatory education policies—policies aimed at offsetting educational inequalities between socially and academically disadvantaged children and more advantaged students—are widely used

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Study: Program with Tablets and Texts Improves Family Reading Time

August 22, 2018April 16, 2019 admin children, early childhood, education, parenting

“Tablets and texts nudge parents to read to kids” describes a new JHR-published study aimed at finding ways to help

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Preschool and Parents’ Reactions in a Developing Country: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment in Cambodia

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 admin children, development, early childhood, education, parenting

Studies from low-, middle-, and high-income countries show that children brought up in a more favorable early environment benefit in

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Thank Your Parents for Your Soft Skills

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 admin children, family, noncognitive, parenting

Recent job seekers know that “soft skills”—traits related to personality, values, and personal interaction—can be important in receiving a job

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reading to a child
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First-Born Children *Are* Smarter

February 10, 2017October 10, 2017 admin birth-order, children, family, parenting

“First-born children have better thinking skills, study says” in The Guardian highlights JHR-published study that finds parenting behavior results in

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