the report also shows that newborns whose parents have little or no education are more likely to be readmitted to hospital following discharge than the babies of parents with more education in the report doing better for children the oecd stated that countries should invest more resources during the period from conception until entry into compulsory schooling when outcomes are more malleable and foundations for future success are laid if interventions are well designed concentrating on early childhood can enhance both social efficiency and social equity oecd p