children with lower (observed and unobserved) gains are more likely to select into child care than children with higher gains …. This pattern of reverse selection on gains is driven by unobserved family background characteristics: children from … disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to attend child care than children from advantaged backgrounds but have larger treatment …

impacts on children's development in mathematics, language and executive functioning. Compared to business as usual, the nine …

benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality … children who attended such programmes no better off academically than those who did not. This paper studies the relationship …

-in-differences research design compares cohorts of children in treatment localities before and after the Law's introduction to equivalent …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … 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. -- universal …

intergenerational transmission of education. We test whether education transmission is higher when children enter kindergarten and …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

opportunity costs for raising children. Indeed, we show that children exposed to kindergartens were less likely to work during … that exposure to kindergartens particularly helped immigrant children from non-English-speaking countries to gain English …

, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …