Working Papers, White Papers, and Reports

This study explores a new potential mechanism for gender gaps in parental investments: differences in beliefs between fathers and mothers of young children.

This report explores a critical missing link in the evidence-based policymaking process: understanding how to scale evidence-based programs. It offers recommendations for using the science of scaling to achieve impact at scale.

This study provides a theoretical lens to deepen our understanding of the science of how to use science.

This article describes a randomized field experiment in which parents were provided financial incentives to engage in behaviors designed to increase early childhood cognitive and executive function skills through a parent academy.

This white paper describes a multi-tiered set of interventions pitched at the population, community, and individual levels.

The goal of this report is to provide empirical evidence on: the status of the early language gap in the United States, predictors and consequences of that gap, interventions designed to close the gap, and remaining issues that need to be explored.