term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre …, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are better in naming objects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts … outcomes is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative association is significant …

where we can follow children over time, there are few substantive changes in scores once children enter school. Our results …

In recent years, almost all children below school age in Western industrialized countries have some experience of … attending day care institutions. However, the age at which children enter day care and therefore the overall time spent in day … children, one important aspect of non-cognitive skills. Based on the English sample of the Millennium Cohort Study, we analyse …

focus is on child care for children aged 0-3, because this is a critical period for working mothers and their children and … because most European and American households with children aged 3-5 already use child care centers. The paper provides data …

environment foster children's development. However, we know little about the interactions between ECEC quality and the home … provides detailed panel information through children's age of 6 months to 9 years on ECEC quality and on the child's home … learning environment. Our analysis is based on a sample of 700 children who have been in non-family child care for at least 10 …

practices, and positive developmental outcomes for children. The objective of this study was to examine the interplay between … maternal well-being, parent-child activities, and the well-being of 5 to 7-year old children. In a sample of N = 291 mother …-child dyads, maternal life satisfaction, the frequency of shared parent-child activities, as well as children’s self …

We construct and estimate a model of child development in which both the parents and children make investments in the … heterogeneity in preferences both for parents and children, and in monitoring costs. Like their parents, children are forward … looking, but we allow children and parents to have different preferences and for children to have age-varying discount rates …