Early childhood education: Health, equity, and economics

RA Hahn, WS Barnett - Annual review of public health, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Many low-income and minority children in the United States and globally are at risk of poor
educational trajectories and, consequently, diminished life courses, because their …

The effects of war, displacement, and trauma on child development

L Hazer, G Gredebäck - Humanities and social sciences …, 2023 - nature.com
In this paper, we review how refugee children's psychological development is impacted by
experiencing war, displacement, and trauma. As the Syrian conflict has resulted in the …

Prediction from early childhood vocabulary to academic achievement at the end of compulsory schooling in Denmark

PS Dale, A Paul, M Rosholm… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Prediction from early development to later achievement has the potential to improve clinical
and educational service delivery as well as to inform developmental theory. In this …

Going Nordic—Can the Nordic model tackle grand challenges and be a beacon to follow?

C De la Porte, MD Jensen, J Kvist - Regulation & Governance, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nordic countries are known for having extensive welfare services, a highly compressed
wage structure owing to strong social partners, as well as effective regulation and …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing toddler interventions at scale: The case of “We learn together”

D Bleses, P Jensen, A Højen, P Slot… - Early Childhood Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The first years of life are characterized by rapid learning in several school readiness
domains, including language, math, and social-emotional skills, all of which are important for …

Family disadvantage, gender, and the returns to genetic human capital

V Ronda, E Agerbo, D Bleses… - The Scandinavian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we investigate the context‐dependence of genetic influences on human capital
formation in Denmark. We show that the returns to genetic endowments are smaller for …

Beyond early years versus adolescence: The interactive effect of adversity in both periods on life-course development.

SH Andersen, L Steinberg, J Belsky - Developmental psychology, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Developmental scholars, parents, and policymakers alike have long heralded the opening
years of life as disproportionately influential. Recent work on adolescence has revealed …

Family structure and child behavior in the United Kingdom

JA Jarvis, C Otero, JM Poff, MJ Dufur… - Journal of Child and …, 2023 - Springer
Child behavior problems are associated with an array of negative outcomes that can
continue into adulthood. Because much of the social development and adjustment for …

Early parenting interventions to prevent internalising problems in children and adolescents: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis

I Costantini, JA López‐López, D Caldwell… - BMJ Ment …, 2023 - mentalhealth.bmj.com
Question We compared the effectiveness of different types of parenting interventions based
on an a priori taxonomy, and the impact of waitlists versus treatment as usual (TAU), in …

Sustained effects of an early childhood language and literacy intervention through second grade: Longitudinal findings of the SPELL trial in Denmark

D Bleses, PS Dale, L Justice, A Højen, BD Vind… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Predictive relations between language and literacy skills during the preschool years and
children's future reading achievement are well-documented, leading to development and …