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The role of preschool in reducing inequality : preschool improves child outcomes, especially for disadvantaged children
Waldfogel, Jane - 2015
Children from disadvantaged families have lower levels of school readiness when they enter school than do children from more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence on the potential of these programs to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433880
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Early birds in day care : the social gradient in starting day care and children's non-cognitive skills
Peter, Frauke; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014
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 carevaries substantially. We investigate the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462765
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Long run effects of universal childcare on personality traits
Bach, Maximilian; Koebe, Josefine; Peter, Frauke - 2019
Although universal childcare has become an essential tool to support child development, few economic studies analyze … paper we go beyond short run analyses and examine the long run effects of one additional year of universal childcare on … important predictors of later educational achievements. As of 1996, a legal entitlement to universal childcare applied to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035458
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Fiskalische Wirkungen eines weiteren Ausbaus ganztägiger Betreuungsangebote für Kinder im Grundschulalter : [Gutachten für das Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und J...
Bach, Stefan; Jessen, Jonas; Haan, Peter; Peter, Frauke; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150133
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Early birds in day care : the social gradient in starting day care and children's non-cognitive skills
Peter, Frauke; Schober, Pia S.; Spiess, Katharina C. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 62 (2016) 4, pp. 725-751
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 care varies substantially. We investigate the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711010
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Early child care and labor supply of lower-SES mothers : a randomized controlled trial
Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2023
We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247851
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Discrimination on the child care market : a nationwide field experiment
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2023 - This version: April 3, 2023
We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249558
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Discrimination on the child care market : a nationwide field experiment
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2023
We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250508
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Discrimination on the child care market : a nationwide fielde experiment
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2023
We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251336
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Early child care and labor supply of lower-SES mothers : a randomized controlled trial
Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2022
We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471471