Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year olds mainly crowds out maternal care? To answer this question we exploit a natural experiment framework and employ a difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children.

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Year of publication:	2012-11
Authors:	Felfe, Christina ; Nollenberger, Natalia ; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	long-term consequences \| cognitive skills \| universal high-quality childcare

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics Number 7053 51 pages
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; I28 - Government Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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