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Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Ganimian, Alejandro J. (Author)
- Muralidharan, Karthik (Author)
- Walters, Christopher R. (Author)
Title
Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India
Abstract
We use a large-scale randomized experiment to study the impact of augmenting staffing in the world?s largest public early-childhood program: India?s Integrated Child Development Services. Adding a worker doubled net preschool instructional time and led to increases of 0.28σ and 0.46σ in math and language test scores after 18 months for children who remained enrolled in the program and 0.13σ and 0.10σ for all children enrolled at baseline. Rates of stunting and severe malnutrition were also lower in the treatment group for children who remained enrolled. A cost-benefit analysis suggests that the benefits of augmenting staffing significantly exceed its costs. These effects are likely to replicate even at larger scales of program implementation.
Publication
Journal of Political Economy
Volume
132
Issue
5
Pages
1565-1602
Date
2024-05-01
DOI
ISSN
0022-3808
Accessed
2024-06-27
Extra
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Citation
Ganimian, A. J., Muralidharan, K., & Walters, C. R. (2024). Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India. Journal of Political Economy, 132, 1565–1602.
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