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DP9485 Reading to young children: a head-start in life?

This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings are robust to a wide range of sensitivity analyses.

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Citation

van Ours, J and G Kalb (2013), ‘DP9485 Reading to young children: a head-start in life?‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9485. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp9485

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