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Parental leave policies and socio-economic gaps in child development : evidence from a substantial benefit reform using administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kühnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2018
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906232
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Paid parental leave and child development : evidence from the 2007 German parental benefit reform and administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kuehnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2017
study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619598
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Legetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014484531
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4,800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467372
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014463661
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464165
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464331
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The first 2,000 days and child skills : evidence from a randomized experiment of home visiting
Doyle, Orla - 2017
by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children's skills are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685716
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Can early intervention have a sustained effect on human capital?
Doyle, Orla - 2020
fade-out at age nine, with significant treatment effects on cognitive skills (0.67SD) and school achievement tests (0 … outcomes and earlier effects for socio-emotional skills are no longer evident. While about 50 percent of the sample is retained … inverse probability weighting. Mediation analysis suggests that ~46 percent of the treatment effect on cognitive skills is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212899
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291343