Global universal basic skills: Current deficits and implications for world development

S Gust, EA Hanushek, L Woessmann - Journal of Development Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to
be competitive in a modern economy? And what would accomplishing this mean for world …

Early parenting interventions to foster human capital in developing countries

D Emmers, JC Caro, S Rozelle… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
One out of every three children under age 5 in developing countries lives in conditions that
impede human capital development. In this study, we survey the literature on parenting …

The Reach Up parenting program, child development, and maternal depression: a meta-analysis

P Jervis, J Coore-Hall, HO Pitchik, CD Arnold… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
METHODS Systematic search using PubMed and Academic Search Elite/EBSCO Host.
Randomized controlled trials of the Reach Up program from 1985 to February 2022 were …

Structural determinants of child health in rural China: the challenge of creating health equity

Y Chen, S Sylvia, SE Dill, S Rozelle - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past two decades, the literature has shown a clear gradient between child health
and wealth. The same health–wealth gradient is also observed among children in China …

Parenting style and the cognitive development of preschool-aged children: Evidence from rural China

L Wang, Y Xian, SE Dill, Z Fang, D Emmers… - Journal of experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The correlation between parenting style and child cognitive development has been widely
documented in Western societies. There has been far less research, however, in non …

The impacts of maternal migration on the cognitive development of preschool-aged children left behind in rural China

Y Bai, N Yang, L Wang, S Zhang - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Preschool-aged children account for over 38 per cent of those left behind. Previous research
suggests that maternal migration during early childhood may create a greater negative …

Paths of social-emotional development before 3 years old and child development after 5 years old: Evidence from rural China

L Wang, Y Chen, S Zhang, S Rozelle - Early Human Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Social-emotional development during the first three years of life is associated
with later social-emotional development and cognitive development. In rural China, research …

Supporting cognitive catch‐up: The effects of cluster‐randomized psychosocial stimulation interventions on preterm low birthweight children in rural China

D Emmers, W Yu, Y Shen, C Feng, M Misra… - Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Improved survival of preterm low birthweight (LBW) infants due to advances in neonatal care
has brought issues such as postnatal development trajectories to the foreground. This study …

Paths of cognitive and social-emotional delays before age three in rural China: Predictive power on skills at preschool age

L Wang, D Jiang, Y Chen, S Zhang, S Rozelle - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Cognitive and social-emotional development in the first three years of life is associated with
later skills. However, little is known about the paths of developmental delays in both …

Variations in the home language environment and early language development in a peri-urban community in China

T Feng, X Zhang, L Zhou, Y Zhang, L Pappas… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parental investment in the home language environment during the earliest years is a critical
predictor of early language development. Because most studies investigating the home …