Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296001 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10912
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines the long-term impacts of growth and development monitoring in early childhood. For this purpose, we evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county-by-county rollout from 1950 to 2010, we find that full exposure to the SMC from birth increases lifetime income by 5%. We further provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents.
Subjects: 
growth and development monitoring
adult earnings
human capital
health
public goods
JEL: 
H75
I15
I18
J24
N35
O12
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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