Labor market returns to an early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica

Science

Volumn 344, Issue 6187, 2014, Pages 998-1001

  Gertler, Paul ^a,b   Heckman, James ^c,d,e   Pinto, Rodrigo ^c   Zanolini, Arianna ^c   Vermeersch, Christel ^f   Walker, Susan ^g   Chang, Susan M ^g   Grantham McGregor, Sally ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CHILD LABOR; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR MARKET;

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; JAMAICA; JOB MARKET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TODDLER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

JAMAICA;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901593815     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251178     Document Type: Article

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