This study investigates whether the expansion of day-care places for under-three-year-old children in East and West …

More children than ever attend center-based care early in life. We study whether children who attend center-based care … entering primary school. In data covering about 36,000 children in one West German state, we use a marginal treatment effects … framework to show how causal effects vary with observed characteristics of children, parents, and care centers and with …

children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR …

cohabiting with a new partner or on hours spent with children entitled to child support. There is only weak evidence of a …

Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …

children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the short- or medium-run. Our precise …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the shortor medium-run. Our precise estimates …