Our paper investigates how family income during the first 1,000 days of life, a critical developmental stage in the life course, shapes educational outcomes later in life. Drawing on population-wide administrative records in Israel, we compare the effects of early-life family income on subsequent educational achievements. The results suggest that family income during this critical stage matters over and above income levels in subsequent periods. Children from more affluent families in infancy perform better educationally, and this advantage appears to have lasting effects irrespective of upward or downward social mobility later in life. The study underscores the long-term impact of early-life socioeconomic conditions on educational trajectories, finding support to the hypothesis that early disadvantage can have persistent effects across the life course.
Read the full study here https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf050