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Early Childhood Interventions and Outcomes (summarised in CASEreport 5, "Persistent Poverty and Lifetime Inequality")

Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 1999

Recent advances in brain research have provided new evidence that early experience matters and have greatly increased interest in the effects of early childhood interventions on outcomes for children. This paper reviews what is now known about the potential benefits and potential ill effects of...

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A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?

Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children's background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way quality is measured. The analysis combines information...

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Equal access to high quality early education and care? Evidence from England and lessons from other countries

Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013

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A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?

Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641688

Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, before and during Covid-19

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2020

effect of Covid-19 on the working arrangements, housework and childcare of couples where both partners work. ties. According … more time on housework than before. The link between time devoted to childcare and working arrangements is more symmetric …

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Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, before and during COVID-19

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2020

of COVID-19 on the working arrangements, housework and childcare of couples where both partners work. Our results show … that most of the additional workload associated to COVID-19 falls on women while childcare activities are more equally … childcare and working arrangements is more symmetric, with both women and men spending less time with their children if they …

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Did COVID-19 Affect the Division of Labor within the Household? Evidence from Two Waves of the Pandemic in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2021

the increased demands of housework, childcare and home-schooling. Much of the additional burden has been shouldered by … pronounced during the second wave, it was still higher than pre-COVID-19. The time spent by women on housework, childcare, and …

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Did Covid-19 Affect the Division of Labor within the Household? Evidence from Two Waves of the Pandemic in Italy

Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2021

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Social Mobility, Life Chances, and the Early Years

Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2004

It is widely agreed that the early years are a particularly important time for efforts to increase social mobility, because a good deal of inequality is already apparent by the time children start school, and because children's development may be less amenable to change after they enter school....

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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...

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