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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities

Del Boca, Daniela - 2015

The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …

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Lessons from a decade of childcare reforms

In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 13 (2015) 1, pp. 3-24

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Understanding the SES gradient in early child development : maternal work, home learning, and child care decisions

Del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco; Kelly, Yvonne; … - 2013

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Time investment by parents in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities

Sepahvand, Mohammad; Shahbazian, Roujman; Swain, … - 2013

We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different educational attainment. In a second step we also investigate this effect for three different child age cohorts. Past research shows that the degree of success in the labour market is...

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On the importance of families and public policies for child development outcomes

Rosero Moncayo, José Alejandro - 2012

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Effects of early childhood intervention on child development and early skill formation : evidence from a randomized controlled trail

Sandner, Malte - 2013

This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in Germany. 12 months after birth, the intervention increases infants' cognitive development by 0.18 SD. However, the effect fades out after 24...

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The impact of non-parental child care on child development : evidence from the summer participation “dip”

Herbst, Chris M. - In: Journal of public economics 105 (2013), pp. 86-105

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Parental time and child outcomes : does gender matter?

Del Boca, Daniela; Mancini, Anna Laura - 2013

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Distributional effects of OPORTUNIDADES on early child development

Figueroa, José Luis - 2013

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Parental employment and children's academic achievement : quality of parental time spent with children is more important than quantity

Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2016

, especially those of mothers with young children. This trend has triggered an intense debate about its implications for children …'s well-being and long-term educational outcomes. The overall effect of maternal and paternal employment on children …'s cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …

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