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This paper combines multiple sources of information on early childhood development in a unified model for analysis of a wide range of early childhood policy interventions. We develop a model of child care in which households decide both the quantities and qualities of maternal and non-maternal...
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Economic incentives have a powerful effect on the work behavior of women with children in Kenya. In addition to … increasing the future productivity of children, government subsidies of low-cost early childhood development programs would … children aged three to seven (roughly 20 percent of children in that age group) in Kenya in 1995. The number of child care …
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million children aged three to seven (roughly 20 percent of children in that age group) in Kenya in 1995. The number of child …' behavior in Kenya. For households with children aged three to seven, they model household demand for mothers' participation in …' wages affect older children's school enrollment, but these factors affect boys' and girls' schooling differently. An …
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We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price,...
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This study was prepared by Martin Schlotter while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Econcomics at the University of Munich in November 2011. It addresses the effects of different early...
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The last 25 years has seen a transformation in how early years education and childcare is approached in England. The establishment and subsequent expansions of a "free entitlement" to funded early education and childcare have seen early years spending quadruple over the last 25 years, and a...
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We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price,...
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June 2000 - Economic incentives have a powerful effect on the work behavior of women with children in Kenya. In … addition to increasing the future productivity of children, government subsidies of low-cost early childhood development … million children aged three to seven (roughly 20 percent of children in that age group) in Kenya in 1995. The number of child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524495