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The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education : Evidence From a Failed Policy Experiment
DeCicca, Philip - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461572
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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health
Barschkett, Mara - 2022
Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088355
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Child care provision and women's labour market participation in Australia
Corbett, Joan - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000882334
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Universal pre-school education : the case of public funding with private provision
Blanden, Joanne; Del Bono, Emilia; McNally, Sandra; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296910
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Family-friendly working : what a performance! An analysis of the relationship between the availability of family-friendly policies and establishment performance
Gray, Helen (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Parental externalities and the private provision of childcare
Kennedy, Peter W.; Welling, Linda A. - 1995
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Child Care Subsidy Programs
Blau, David M. - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470944
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Child Care and the Welfare to Work Transition
Lemke, Robert J. - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471186
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The Supply of Quality in Child Care Centers
Blau, David M. - 1999
We use data from a sample of day care centers to estimate the relationships between cost and the quality of the child care service provided, and between revenue and quality. We use a measure of child care quality derived from an instrument designed by developmental psychologists. This measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471564
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Child Care and Mothers' Employment Decisions
Anderson, Patricia M. - 1999
Rising female labor force participation and recent changes to the welfare system have increased the importance of child care for all women and, particularly, the less-skilled. This paper focuses on the child care decisions of women who differ by their skill level and the role that costs play in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471743