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Emla Fitzsimons is Co-Director of the Centre for Evaluation of Development Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (EDePo@IFS). Her research is based around human capital investment decisions in relation to children. Her research on the period of early childhood includes the implementation and evaluation of a programme in Colombia which is targeted at children aged one to three and a half years and based around weekly home visits. For the UK, she is currently conducting research into the effects of breastfeeding on children’s cognitive and non-cognitive development up to the age of seven. These projects also contain a strong health and nutrition focus and other work around this theme evaluates the impacts of a reproductive health programme in Malawi on children’s nutrition. This work also considers wider economic effects such as on household labour supply and household risk sharing arrangements. Emla’s work on children’s schooling includes an evaluation of the Colombian conditional cash transfer programme Familias en Acción on schooling and work and the role of the programme as a safety net in the event of departure of father figure from the household. 
All available publications
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, July 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/13
Now published:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2010,
Children's schooling and work in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
Economic Development and Cultural Change,
Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 181-210, Journal Articles
, University of Chicago Press
Previous versions:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Diana Lopez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/01
Emla Fitzsimons, April 2006,
Conditional cash transfers and school enrolment in Colombia,
Economic Review,
Vol. 23, No. 4,
University of Southampton,
Journal Articles
Orazio Attanasio, Erich Battistin, Emla Fitzsimons, Costas Meghir, Alice Mesnard, Marcos Vera-Hernandez, et al., March 2006,
Evaluación del impacto del programa Familias en Acción - subsidos condicionados de la red de apoyo social: Informe del primer seguimento,
External publications
, Econometria/SEI
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Diana Lopez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/01
New version:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, July 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/13
Laura Abramovsky, Erich Battistin, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman and Helen Simpson, December 2005,
The impact of the Employer Training Pilots on the take-up of training among employers and employees,
External publications
, Department for Education and Skills
Erich Battistin, Carl Emmerson, Emla Fitzsimons, et al., October 2005,
Evaluation of Education Maintenance Allowance Pilots: Young People Aged 16-19 Years Final Report of the Quantitative Evaluation,
External publications
, Department for Education and Skills
Lorraine Dearden, Emla Fitzsimons and Alissa Goodman, May 2005,
Higher education funding policy: a guide to the debate,
Election Briefing Notes
, BN67
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons and Ana Gomez, March 2005,
The impact of a conditional education subsidy on school enrolment in Colombia,
Report Summaries
Lorraine Dearden, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman and Greg Kaplan, March 2005,
Higher Education funding policy: who wins and who loses?,
IFS Press Releases
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