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

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

Theory and evidence point towards particularly positive effects of high-quality child care for disadvantaged children … between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds, governments are pushing for universal child care. However, it is … unclear how effective programs with universal participation may be at addressing the needs of disadvantaged children. We …

employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A structural life-cycle model of … outcomes of children, via estimating a cognitive ability production function that corrects for the endogeneity of inputs. We …-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care …

indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …