It is often argued that institutionalized after-school care (ASC) can benefit children lacking adequate homework … children’s schooling outcomes and non-cognitive skill development. Using a marginal treatment effect framework and regional and … distance to the next school offering ASC within one district. My findings suggest that children from lower socioeconomic …

household work. A the same time school closures in many countries impacted on children's lives and their learning process. In … on children's wellbeing, and parents' market and household work, we estimate how the reallocation of intra …-household responsibilities during the lock-down has affected children's use of time, their emotional status and their home learning. We find that …

This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children's skill formation. We perform a … significantly for children of all backgrounds. There is, however, complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents. Given … positive long-run effects for children with low-educated parents, the treatment reduces child skill gaps across parents …

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 …

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 …

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 …

in the treatment group five years of high-quality child care along with case management. As a result, treated children … variation to estimate the impact of center care on children's language and social skills as well as health. I uncover mixed … both effects fade-out for most children within one to two years. I also find that early center care use is strongly …

Noise pollution is detrimental to health and to cognitive development of children. This is not only true for extreme … children, we show that children who are exposed to intensive traffic noise significantly fall behind in terms of school …

explained by improvements in early parental investment. This study demonstrates that boosting children's early cognitive skills …