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| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After No |
| Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After No |
| Field Program Files | Before | After No |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Using a randomized experiment, this study investigates the impact of sustained investment in parenting, from pregnancy until age 5, in the context of extensive welfare provision. Providing the Preparing for Life program, incorporating home visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to disadvantaged Irish families raised children’s cognitive and socioemotional/behavioral scores by two-thirds and one-quarter of a standard deviation, respectively. There were few differential effects by gender and stronger gains for firstborns and lower-resource households. The program also narrowed the socioeconomic gap in children’s skills. Analyses account for small sample size, differential attrition, multiple testing, contamination, and performance bias. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Doyle, O. (2020) “The first 2000 days and children’s skills”. Journal of Political Economy, 128(6) 2067–2122 |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/705707 |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Many early intervention studies experience a dissolution of treatment effects in the aftermath of the intervention. Using a randomized trial, this paper examines the impact of Preparing for Life, a pregnancy to age five home visiting and parenting program, on outcomes in middle childhood. I find significant treatment effects on cognitive skills (0.55SD) and school achievement tests (0.30-0.54SD) at age nine. There is no impact on socio-emotional skills and there is little evidence of treatment heterogeneity by gender, birth order, or distribution of ability. The effects are mainly driven by improvements in early parental beliefs. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Doyle, O (2022). “Can Early Intervention have a Sustained Effect on Human Capital?” Forthcoming Journal of Human Resources. doi:10.3368/jhr.0321-11557R1 |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/31/jhr.0321-11557R1 |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Evidence on the impact of early intervention on childhood health is inconsistent. Using a randomized controlled trial, we examine the impact of an Irish early intervention program on the development of health capital in the first five years of life. The treatment provides intensive parenting supports including home visits and parenting classes from pregnancy until school entry. Modest effects by age four are found, mainly driven by reduced hospital attendances attributed to improved earlier health. In sum, the program has limited effects on children’s health capital in the short-run despite demonstrating large effects on other dimensions of human capital. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Coy, D. & Doyle, O (2023). “Should Early Health Investments Work: Evidence from an RCT of a Complex Early Childhood Intervention”. Forthcoming Journal of Human Capital. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/728055 |
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| Field Description | Before | After Overall, PFL achieved its aim of improving children's school readiness. The programme had a positive and significant impact on each of the five domains school readiness domains: cognitive development, language development, approaches to learning, social & |
| Field Citation | Before | After Doyle, Orla. "Preparing for Life Programme Evaluation Reports," March 31, 2016. |
| Field Url | Before | After https://geary.ucd.ie/preparingforlife/?page_id=146 |