Conti, G;
Heckman, JJ;
Pinto, R;
(2016)
The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviour.
The Economic Journal
, 126
(596)
F28-F65.
10.1111/ecoj.12420.
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Abstract
This article examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviour of two of the oldest and most widely cited US early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomisation with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC). There are pronounced gender effects strongly favouring boys, although there are also effects for girls. Dynamic mediation analyses show a significant role played by improved childhood traits, above and beyond the effects of experimentally enhanced adult socioeconomic status. These results show the potential of early life interventions for promoting health.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviour |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ecoj.12420 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12420 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 Royal Economic Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Conti, G; Heckman, JJ; Pinto, R; (2016) The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviour. The Economic Journal , 126 (596) F28-F65, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/ecoj.12420. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
| Keywords: | Randomized Controlled-trial, Young-adult Outcomes, Gender-differences, United-states, Smoking-cessation, Educational Intervention, Noncommunicable Diseases, Social Experiments, Sex-differences, Life-style |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1538322 |
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