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 …

their children are under age three. We use regional and over time variation to show that the Finnish Home Care Allowance … also negatively affect the early childhood cognitive test results of children, decrease the likelihood of choosing academic … on mothers and children compared to HCA. Our findings suggest that shifting child care from the home to the market …