Enhancing Cognitive Functioning: Medium-Term Effects of a Health and Family Planning Program in Matlab

被引：26
作者：
Barham, Tania [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
来源：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2012年 / 4卷 / 01期
关键词：
MINI-MENTAL-STATE; MCH-FP PROGRAM; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; MEASLES VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; BANGLADESH; IMPACT; SERVICES;
D O I：
10.1257/app.4.1.245
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
It is believed that early life circumstances are crucial to success later in life. Yet causal evidence that the impacts of early childhood health interventions continue into late childhood and adolescence is sparse. This paper exploits a quasi-random placement of the Matlab Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Program in Bangladesh to determine whether children eligible for child health interventions in early childhood had better cognitive functioning at ages 8-14. I find a program effect of 0.39 standard deviations on cognitive functioning and similar effects for height and educational attainment
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