We analyze how access to childcare affects health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. For 4-5 year olds, we find an immediate increase in infection …-related hospitalization, when these children first get access to childcare. We find no effect on younger children. When children are 10 …

We analyze how access to childcare affects the health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. While we find no effects of childcare access on hospitalization for 2 … they first gained access to childcare. Children aged 10 to 11 years who had access to childcare earlier in their childhood …

formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … enrollment show that the reform had a significant impact on the childcare enrollment of older siblings. Using rich administrative …