Nandi, Arindam et al  <br/><br/>
The impact of a National Early Childhood Development Program on future schooling attainment: Evidence from integrated child development services in India 

 - Economic Development and Cultural Change   
 - 69(1), Oct, 2020: p.291-316 
<br/><br/> Evidence on the long-term benefits of early-life interventions remains inadequate in developing countries. In this paper, we evaluate the effect of India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a national program of supplemental nutrition and health services, on schooling. Using national survey data and employing age-state and village or city ward fixed effects regression, we find that nonmigrant 15–54-year-old men and 15–49-year-old women who were exposed to an ICDS center during the first 3 years of life completed 0.1–0.3 more grades of schooling than those who were not exposed. The effect is stronger among women than among men. – Reproduced  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National Early Childhood Development Program, Child development - India