ABSTRACT The Covid‐19 pandemic underscored the significance of early childhood education and care (ECEC) for children's development. We investigated impact attendance at ECEC programs following a closure period due to pandemic. used linear regression with lagged dependent variable examine assessments cognitive receptive language based on sample Chilean children ( N = 809; age 41.3 months in 2021). Results show that who attended center‐based more than 20 h week demonstrated higher levels...

Abstract Extensive demographic scholarship shows that the population‐level implications of mortality crises such as COVID‐19 pandemic extend beyond dynamics to affect fertility and family‐formation strategies. Using novel municipality‐level data from Chile covering all births occurred between January 2017 December 2021, this study explores trends in for “quantum” “quality” Chilean context. Building both a monthly yearly panel 346 municipalities leveraging fixed‐effects regression analyses,...

The learning and developmental losses from preprimary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life can long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school on older children, scarce such for children their years. This article among first quantify actual impact pandemic-related child development, this case, a sample young Chile, where childcare lasted year. We use unique data set collected face-to-face December 2020, which includes...

The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life can long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school on older children, currently no such for children their years. This paper among first quantify actual impact pandemic-related child development, this case a sample young Chile, where childcare lasted year.We use unique dataset collected face-to-face December 2020, which includes...

Abstract This article investigates the household determinants of teen marriage in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam using data from international Young Lives study tracking a cohort children ages 8–19 over 15‐year period. First, we offer descriptive comparative overview prevalence among girls geographically selected areas four countries, together with their sociodemographic determinants. Second, place specific focus on role gender sibling sex‐composition shaping probability getting married...

Children born to married parents have better health, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes than children of unmarried mothers. This association, known as the "marriage premium," has been interpreted emerging from selectivity who marry a positive effect marriage. The authors suggest that marriage could be contextual, normativity in society. They test this hypothesis using case Chile, where marital fertility dropped sharply 66% all births 1990 27% 2016. find benefit for infant health...

This study expands existing scholarship on the relationship between parental educational similarity and infant health using rich administrative data from Chile covering births that occurred 1990 2015. We test (homogamy) or dissimilarity (heterogamy) two measures of health, namely low birth weight (LBW) preterm (PB). show homogamy is associated with a reduced probability – particularly at high end distribution observed association only partly driven by selection into homogamous couples, as...

Maternal education is associated with early child outcomes. However, the several mechanisms that may explain this relationship remain underexplored. Using data from 1,097 children aged 12–15 months in Chile, we estimate maternal gap across cognitive and language Following a bioecological perspective, explore potential pathways by which might influence development, such as characteristics, quantity quality of mother–child interactions, availability home stimulation. We found an average...

Delayed parenthood characterizes family formation in developed countries and is also emerging developing countries. In Latin America, fertility trends have been historically characterized by early adolescent childbearing. Recent studies indicate of late fertility, but there conflicting empirical evidence on whether why being postponed. This mixed-methods study examines the determinants Chile, focusing women are delaying first Quantitative findings an increase age at birth driven a rise...

Stress generates difficulties in parenting, which affects child development. We aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on maternal mental health and parenting practices. also explored what extent green space is a protective factor aforementioned relationship. heterogeneous lockdown effects using longitudinal georeferenced data for 985 families (mothers 24- 30-month-olds) exploiting localized Chile. Controlling observed unobserved fixed characteristics, average, we did not find...

This paper estimates the acute effect of community-level homicides on early childhood language development and explores moderating role maternal efficacy satisfaction in Chile. It uses data from 2017 wave Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey Chilean Children (N = 1194, M

The authors propose an adaptation of the well-known “circular plot,” traditionally used to quantify international migration flows, visualize patterns intermarriage within Latin American countries. present data on flows between partners’ countries origin using from recent household surveys five visualization allows easy-to-grasp snapshot marital pairings considering partners born in different countries, as well identification their spatial patterns. In some such Colombia and Peru, most occurs...

Objectives: We explore the effects of pandemic on stress, depressive symptoms and parenting practices mothers with children aged between 24- 30-months, residents in Santiago, Chile, differences foreign-born native-born mothers. Methods: Using data from longitudinal project Mil Primeros Días lagged-dependent models, we analyzed parental for Lagged-dependent model allows us to take advantage by controlling previous score baseline individual characteristics. Results: After 8 months pandemic,...

Children born to married parents have better health, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes than children of unmarried mothers. This association, known as the "marriage premium," has been interpreted emerging from selectivity who marry a positive effect marriage. The authors suggest that marriage could be contextual, normativity in society. They test this hypothesis using case Chile, where marital fertility dropped sharply 66% all births 1990 27% 2016. find benefit for infant health...

Abstract Background More than 20% of the children around world were stunted in 2018. The situation is not any better Latin American countries, even though stunting prevalence has been declining since 2000. Stunting adverse consequences on children: severe short- and long-term health functional effects, poor cognition educational performance, low adult wages, productivity loss. Methods This study compares maternal education gradients height-for-age z-scores (HAZs) between two four years age...