<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lavy, Victor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lotti, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yan, Zizhong</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Empowering Mothers and Enhancing Early Childhood Investment</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">821-867</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.57.3.0917-9083R2</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">57</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Empowering women and enhancing children’s early development are two important goals often pursued via independent policy initiatives. In this work we study a unique approach that targets both at the same time. AVSI, an Italian NGO, provides family advisor-guided parent training sessions in a poor neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador. We find that the program empowered women in various dimensions, including higher likelihood of employment in the formal sector and wages. Treated mothers have a greater role in intrahousehold decisions, especially on children’s education and discipline, and increased parental inputs into their children’s development. Treated children improve their cognitive and noncognitive skills.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>