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The Effect of a Social-Emotional Intervention on the Development of Preterm Infants in Institutions
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Chernego, Daria I.; McCall, Robert B.; Wanless, Shannon B.; Groark, Christina J.; Vasilyeva, Marina J.; Palmov, Oleg I.; Nikiforova, Natalia V.; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J. – Infants and Young Children, 2018
This study examined the effect of a social-emotional intervention implemented in one St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) institution (called a Baby Home, BH) on the general behavioral development of preterm children (gestational ages of 30-36 weeks) during their first 2 years of life. The intervention consisted of training caregivers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Premature Infants, Intervention, Child Development
The Impact of Child-Care Subsidies on Child Development: Evidence from Geographic Variation in the Distance to Social Service Agencies
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Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
In this paper, we examine the impact of U.S. child-care subsidies on the cognitive and behavioral development of children in low-income female-headed families. We identify the effect of subsidy receipt by exploiting geographic variation in the distance that families must travel from home to reach the nearest social service agency that administers…
Descriptors: Child Care, Grants, Child Development, Cognitive Development