facilities provide children from these families in particular with better educational prospects. Such facilities also have a … positive influence on their well-being. They ensure that pre-school children are embedded in a stable social environment, which … also pays off for the state. The additional annual costs of universal day-care facilities for the children of single …

birth rates. The analyses investigate the effects for families with under-3 year-old children, with 3-6 year-old children … and with over 6 year-old children separately. In further efficiency analyses the study examines the self-financing rates …