Group Sessions or Home Visits for Early Childhood Development in India: A Cluster RCT

202091 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Sally Grantham‐McGregor · University College London

Akanksha Adya · Ambedkar University Delhi

Orazio Attanasio · Yale University

Britta Augsburg · Institute for Fiscal Studies

Jere R. Behrman · University of Pennsylvania

Bet Caeyers · Institute for Fiscal Studies

Monimalika Day ·

Abstract

Group sessions cost $38 per child per year and were as effective on average as home visiting, which cost $135, implying an increase by a factor of 3.5 in the returns to investment with group sessions, offering a more scalable model. Impacts materialize in the first year, having important design implications.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Infant Development and Preterm Care Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 146, Issue 6

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-002725

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