considerable number of children. Using an observational checklist tool, we find strong rapport between visitors and families, and … consistent involvement of caregivers and children in practicing activities during the visit. However, visitors rarely explain the …

This study establishes a sociodemographic profile of children with disabilities, the majority of whom are living in … families with children or adolescents with disabilities. These programmes may be the gateway to the establishment of full … inclusion routes for children and adolescents with disabilities and their families, both in the social and the labour sphere …

Theory and evidence point towards particularly positive effects of high-quality child care for disadvantaged children … between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds, governments are pushing for universal child care. However, it is … unclear how effective programs with universal participation may be at addressing the needs of disadvantaged children. We …

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 …