term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre …, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are better in naming objects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts … outcomes is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative association is significant …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

In recent years, almost all children below school age in Western industrialized countries have some experience of … attending day care institutions. However, the age at which children enter day care and therefore the overall time spent in day … children, one important aspect of non-cognitive skills. Based on the English sample of the Millennium Cohort Study, we analyse …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

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 …

Nearly a quarter of all children under the age of two in China are left behind in the countryside as parents migrate to … urban areas for work. We use a longitudinal survey following young children and their caregivers from 6 to 30 months of age …

welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany …

formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … effects on the children's 6th grade test scores, but we find evidence of positive effects on test scores for sons of less than …