We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy … experiment in British Columbia, Canada. Our findings imply starting Kindergarten one year late substantially reduces the … for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

intergenerational transmission of education. We test whether education transmission is higher when children enter kindergarten and … associated with early kindergarten attendance, particularly for immigrants. Time of tracking loses statistical significance when … kindergarten and school entry regimes are held constant. Our results are robust to various alternative specifications. …

Child care and early education subsidies are an important part of government efforts to increase economic independence … increasing economic independence and improving child outcomes. All child care and early education subsidies affect both work …

education affect the probability that current and former welfare recipients will work. Regarding the child care market, we find … education serve to increase employment. To be more specific, we find that increased funding for child care subsidies and the … availability of full day kindergarten significantly increase the probability the current and former welfare recipients work …

provision of a range of services that include childcare, early education, health and parenting support. Local Authorities are …