Many early childhood intervention studies experience a dissolution of treatment effects in the aftermath of the intervention. Using a randomised experiment, this study investigates the impact of sustained investment in parenting early in life on outcomes later in adolescence.
- Speaker
- Date
- Tuesday 3 Dec 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
- Type
- Seminar
- Room
- 3-14
- Space
- Polak Building
The Preparing for Life programme, one of the longest running field experiments in Europe, provided at-risk families with an intensive home visiting programme from pregnancy until age five. End-line results, and follow-up results at age 9, demonstrate that the programme was effective in raising cognitive skills by between 0.55-0.7 SD.
This paper will report on the results of the age 14 follow-up and will include measures of IQ, executive functioning, time and risk preferences, health behaviours, anti-social behaviour, as well as biological aging.
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