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We analyze how access to childcare affects health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. For 4-5 year olds, we find an immediate increase in infection …-related hospitalization, when these children first get access to childcare. We find no effect on younger children. When children are 10 …
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We analyze how access to childcare affects the health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. While we find no effects of childcare access on hospitalization for 2 … they first gained access to childcare. Children aged 10 to 11 years who had access to childcare earlier in their childhood …
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We analyze how access to childcare affects health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. For 4-5 year olds, we find an immediate increase in infection …-related hospitalization, when these children first get access to childcare. We find no effect on younger children. When children are 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898899
formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … enrollment show that the reform had a significant impact on the childcare enrollment of older siblings. Using rich administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990334
formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … enrollment show that the reform had a significant impact on the childcare enrollment of older siblings. Using rich administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394338
This paper measures the degree of inequality of opportunity in birthweight and birthlength for a sample of Irish infants. The sample is partitioned into eight types by mothers' education and mothers' smoking status. Stochastic dominance tests reveal the presence of inequality of opportunity but...
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This article investigates the impact of an early intervention program, which experimentally modifies the parenting and home environment of disadvantaged families, on child health in the first 3 years of life. We recruited and randomized 233 (115 intervention, 118 control) pregnant women from a...
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Evidence for the short-term impact of early intervention on childhood health is weak and inconsistent. Using rigorous methods, careful hypothesis setting, and socioeconomic contextualisation, we examine the impact of an Irish home visiting programme on child health. The treatment provides...
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The electricity prices in developing countries are relatively low to recover its costs of generation and provision. This results in under-investment in infrastructure, which usually leads to frequent outages or rolling blackouts by the electricity suppliers. Outages may have an adverse impact on...
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We examine the effects of different kinds of domestic abuse (physical violence, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0.6 million children born between 1975 and 2013 across...
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