@article {5889, title = {Labor market returns to an early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica}, journal = {Science}, volume = {344}, number = {6187}, year = {2014}, note = {1095-9203
Gertler, Paul
Heckman, James
Pinto, Rodrigo
Zanolini, Arianna
Vermeersch, Christel
Walker, Susan
Chang, Susan M
Grantham-McGregor, Sally
R01 HD054702/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
R37 HD065072/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
R01HD54702/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
R37HD065072/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
United States
Science. 2014 May 30;344(6187):998-1001. doi: 10.1126/science.1251178.}, month = {May 30}, pages = {998-1001}, edition = {2014/05/31}, abstract = {A substantial literature shows that U.S. early childhood interventions have important long-term economic benefits. However, there is little evidence on this question for developing countries. We report substantial effects on the earnings of participants in a randomized intervention conducted in 1986-1987 that gave psychosocial stimulation to growth-stunted Jamaican toddlers. The intervention consisted of weekly visits from community health workers over a 2-year period that taught parenting skills and encouraged mothers and children to interact in ways that develop cognitive and socioemotional skills. The authors reinterviewed 105 out of 129 study participants 20 years later and found that the intervention increased earnings by 25\%, enough for them to catch up to the earnings of a nonstunted comparison group identified at baseline (65 out of 84 participants).}, keywords = {*Child Development, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Developing Countries/*statistics \& numerical data, Early Intervention (Education)/*statistics \& numerical data, Emotions, Employment/*economics/trends, Female, Humans, Infant, Jamaica, Male, Mother-Child Relations/*psychology, Parenting/psychology, Psychology, Salaries and Fringe Benefits/*statistics \& numerical data, Young Adult}, isbn = {0036-8075}, doi = {10.1126/science.1251178}, author = {Gertler, P. and Heckman, J. and Pinto, R. and Zanolini, A. and Vermeersch, C. and Walker, S. and Chang, S. M. and Grantham-McGregor, S.} }