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Ariel Kalil
Daniel Levin Professor, Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP), Harris Public Policy
Ariel Kalil is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. At Harris, she directs the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy and co-directs the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab. She also holds appointments as an adjunct professor in the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway and in the School of Business Administration at the University of Stavanger, Norway. She is a developmental psychologist who studies economic conditions, parenting, and child development. Her current...
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Feb 12, 2024Making a Song and Dance About It: The Effectiveness of Teaching Children Vocabulary with Animated Music Videos
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Sep 25, 2023Education Gradients in Parental Time Investment and Subjective Well-being
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Jun 26, 2023Scarcity and Inattention
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Mar 30, 2023Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children’s Math Skills: Evidence from an RCT with Low-Income Families
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Mar 21, 2023Engaging Parents with Preschools: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Jan 4, 2023Nudging or Nagging? Conflicting Effects of Behavioral Tools
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Aug 26, 2022Welfare Reform and the Quality of Young Children’s Home Environments
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May 2, 2022Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home
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Nov 16, 2020Effects of Welfare Reform on Parenting
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Oct 5, 2020Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Family Dynamics in Economically Vulnerable Households
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Feb 23, 2024Making a Song and Dance About It: The Effectiveness of Teaching Children Vocabulary with Animated Music Videos
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Feb 20, 2024Closing the Achievement Gap: Is There an App for That?
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Oct 5, 2023Education Gradients in Parental Time Investment and Subjective Well-Being
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Aug 30, 2023Effects of Welfare Reform on Parenting and the Quality of Young Children’s Home Environments
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Apr 11, 2023Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children’s Math Skills: Evidence from an RCT with Low-Income Families
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Jan 19, 2023Nudging or Nagging? Conflicting Effects of Behavioral Tools
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Jul 21, 2022Engaging Parents with Preschools: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Jun 23, 2022Scarcity and Inattention
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Nov 10, 2020Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Family Dynamics in Economically Vulnerable Households • The Education Gradient in Maternal Enjoyment of Time in Childcare
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May 12, 2024How Digital Tools Enhance Parenting
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Apr 25, 2024Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers
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Nov 8, 2022U.S. is ‘unwilling or incapable of learning the real lessons’ of pandemic, Atlantic journalist argues
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Oct 5, 2022‘There Are Two Americas Now: One With a B.A. and One Without’
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May 27, 2021It’s about time — the best ways public policy can support parents
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Nov 12, 2020Money can lead to better pandemic parenting, study finds
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Oct 31, 2020When Parents Lose Their Jobs, Their Children Also Suffer. But Sometimes There’s a Consolation.
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Oct 1, 2020Measuring Poverty in the Midst of America’s COVID-19 Epidemic
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Sep 16, 2020When a child’s first teacher is onscreen: In Chicago, questions about the payoff of virtual preschool
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Sep 9, 2020OPINION: How technology can help parents communicate with preschoolers
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Aug 2, 2020Some parents want to hire tutors, start mini schools this year. Most can’t afford to.
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May 12, 2020BFI Awards 16 New Grants for the Study of Economic Effects of the Coronavirus
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Apr 20, 2020Will coronavirus quarantine mess up my kid’s mental health for life? Probably not. But poor kids are at risk
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Jan 13, 2020Some Toddlers Are Chronically Absent From Preschool. A Text message Can Help.
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Dec 17, 2019Helping Kids by Texting Their Parents? Here’s What Experts Say About This Exploding Strategy.
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