TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of a national early childhood development program on future schooling attainment
T2 - Evidence from integrated child development services in India
AU - Nandi, Arindam
AU - Behrman, Jere R.
AU - Laxminarayan, Ramanan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Evidence on the long-term benefits of early-life interventions remains inadequate in developing countries. In this paper, we evaluate the effect of India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a national program of supplemental nutrition and health services, on schooling. Using national survey data and employing age-state and village or city ward fixed effects regression, we find that nonmigrant 15–54-year-old men and 15–49-year-old women who were exposed to an ICDS center during the first 3 years of life completed 0.1–0.3 more grades of schooling than those who were not exposed. The effect is stronger among women than among men.
AB - Evidence on the long-term benefits of early-life interventions remains inadequate in developing countries. In this paper, we evaluate the effect of India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a national program of supplemental nutrition and health services, on schooling. Using national survey data and employing age-state and village or city ward fixed effects regression, we find that nonmigrant 15–54-year-old men and 15–49-year-old women who were exposed to an ICDS center during the first 3 years of life completed 0.1–0.3 more grades of schooling than those who were not exposed. The effect is stronger among women than among men.
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U2 - 10.1086/703078
DO - 10.1086/703078
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068083550
SN - 0013-0079
VL - 69
SP - 291
EP - 316
JO - Economic Development and Cultural Change
JF - Economic Development and Cultural Change
IS - 1
ER -