Family play, reading, and other stimulation and early childhood development in five low-and-middle-income countries by Cuartas, J, McCoy, D, Sánchez, J, Behrman, J, Cappa, C, Donati, G, Heymann, J, Lu, C, Raikes, A, Rao, N, Richter, L, Stein, A, Yoshikawa, H

“…<p>This paper used longitudinal data from five studies conducted in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda to examine the links between family stimulation and early childhood development outcomes (<i>N</i> = 4904; <i>M</i>_age = 51.5; 49% girls). …”

How early nutrition and foundational cognitive skills interconnect? Evidence from two developing countries by Sánchez, A, Favara, M, Sheridan, M, Behrman, J

“…We exploit the rich longitudinal data available to control for potential confounders at the household level and for time-invariant community characteristics and we use data for paired-siblings to obtain household fixed-effects estimates. …”

The impact of the Juntos conditional cash transfer programme in Peru on nutritional and cognitive outcomes: Does the age of exposure matter? by Sánchez, A, Melendez, G, Behrman, J

“…In this study we revisit the impact of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on child development, with an emphasis on the role of the age of exposure. We use longitudinal data from a unique paired-siblings sample of Peruvian children (the Young Lives study) to evaluate whether Juntos, a large-scale CCT implemented in Peru since 2005, has a greater effect on children who benefited from the programme during the first three years of life compared with its impact on those children who benefited between the ages of 5 and 7. …”

Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries by Sánchez, A, Favara, M, Sheridan, M, Behrman, J

“…We exploit the rich longitudinal data available to control for potential confounders at the household and individual level and for time-invariant community characteristics. …”

Heterogeneity in predictive power of early childhood nutritional indicators for mid-childhood outcomes: Evidence from Vietnam by Duc, L, Behrman, J

“…We utilize longitudinal data on nearly 1800 children in Vietnam to study the predictive power of alternative measures of early childhood undernutrition for outcomes at age eight years: weight-for-age (WAZ8), height-for-age (HAZ8), and education (reading, math and receptive vocabulary). …”

Periods of Child Growth up to Age 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam: Key Distal Household and Community Factors by Schott, W, Crookston, B, Lundeen, E, Stein, A, Behrman, J

“…This study characterized child growth up to age 1 year, and from ages 1 to 5 and 5 to 8 years controlling for initial height-for-age z-score (HAZ), and identified key distal household and community factors associated with these growth measures using longitudinal data on 7,266 children in the Young Lives (YL) study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. …”

Disparities in children's vocabulary and height in relation to household wealth and parental schooling: A longitudinal study in four low- and middle-income countries. by Reynolds, SA, Andersen, C, Behrman, J, Singh, A, Stein, A, Benny, L, Crookston, BT, Cueto, S, Dearden, K, Georgiadis, A, Krutikova, S, Fernald, LCH

“…It is difficult to characterize the trajectories of SES disparities in low- and middle-income countries because longitudinal data are infrequently available. We analyze measures of children's linear growth (height) at ages 1, 5, 8 and 12y and receptive language (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) at ages 5, 8 and 12y in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam in relation to household SES, measured by parental schooling or household assets. …”