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Costas Meghir^1,2, Orazio Attanasio^1,2, Pamela Jervis^2,3

¹Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

|May 1, 2023

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Early stimulation (ES) and enhanced preschool (EP) both improved child IQ and school readiness. While ES benefits were sustained, EP offered significant catch-up, though interventions did not interact.

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Area of Science:

Child Development
Early Intervention Programs
Educational Psychology

Background:

Early childhood development is crucial for long-term outcomes.
Interventions like early stimulation (ES) and enhanced preschool (EP) aim to improve cognitive and social skills.
Understanding the combined and individual impacts of these interventions is essential for effective policy.

Purpose of the Study:

To estimate the impacts of early stimulation (ES) for children under 3 years and enhanced preschool (EP) for children 3 years and older.
To investigate the interaction effects between ES and EP on child development outcomes.
To assess the sustained effects of these interventions over time.

Main Methods:

A cluster randomized trial was conducted in 192 villages in Odisha, India.
Children received either ES, EP, both, or no intervention.
Primary outcomes included IQ and school readiness, measured after approximately one year.

Main Results:

Both ES and EP significantly improved children's IQ and school readiness.
The positive effects of ES alone on IQ and school readiness were sustained for 15 months.
Enhanced preschool (EP) alone showed considerable catch-up effects for children not receiving ES.

Conclusions:

Both early stimulation and enhanced preschool are effective in improving child development outcomes.
The sustained impact of early stimulation and the catch-up effect of enhanced preschool highlight their individual importance.
Further research is needed to understand the lack of significant interaction effects, which has major policy implications for early childhood education and care.