Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … German setting where high quality center-based care is severely rationed and use within state differences in child care … supply as exogenous variation in child care attendance. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provides comprehensive …

indicates that the main underlying channel is a shock on families' wealth. -- child development ; natural disaster ; wealth …

difference-in-differences strategy which exploits a birth date cut-off determining whether a child became eligible for birthright …