Nina Castells
MDRC
5 Papers
144 Citations
Nina Castells is an academic researcher from MDRC. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emotional competence & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications.
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Impact findings from the Head Start CARES demonstration: National evaluation of three approaches to improving preschoolers' social and emotional competence
TL;DR: The Head Start CARES demonstration evaluated the effects of three distinct classroom-based approaches to enhancing children's social-emotional development on a large scale as mentioned in this paper. But these interventions did not demonstrate expected impacts on executive function or self-regulation; it produced only positive impacts on emotion knowledge.
Impact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Competence. Executive Summary. OPRE Report 2014-44.
Pamela Morris,Shira Mattera,Nina Castells,Michael Bangser,Karen L. Bierman,C. Cybele Raver +5 more
- 01 Jun 2014
TL;DR: The Head Start CARES demonstration evaluated the effects of three distinct classroom-based approaches to enhancing children's social-emotional development on a large scale as discussed by the authors. But these interventions did not demonstrate expected impacts on executive function or self-regulation; it produced only positive impacts on emotion knowledge.
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Getting a Job is Only Half the Battle: Maternal Job Loss and Child Classroom Behavior in Low-Income Families.
TL;DR: Estimates suggest that maternal job loss sharply increases problem behavior but has neutral effects on positive social behavior, and point to the importance of promoting job stability for workers and their children.
Promoting the Positive Development of Boys in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: Evidence from Four Anti-Poverty Experiments.
Emily K. Snell,Nina Castells,Greg J. Duncan,Lisa A. Gennetian,Katherine Magnuson,Pamela Morris +5 more
TL;DR: It is found that the impacts of these welfare and anti-poverty programs on boys' and girls' developmental outcomes during the transition to early adolescence differ as a function of neighborhood poverty levels.
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Meeting the Basic Needs of Children: Does Income Matter?
TL;DR: It is suggested that a $1,000 increase in income has positive, but small, effects on children, rarely exceeding 1/10(th) of a standard deviation change in outcomes for children.