Using every major nationally-representative dataset on parental and non-parental care provided to children up to age 6 …, we quantify differences in American children's care experiences by socioeconomic status (SES), proxied primarily with … maternal education. Increasingly, higher-SES children spend less time with their parents and more time in the care of others …

child cognitive outcomes, allowing the effect of formal childcare to be different for children from different family … step, we simulate how an increase in formal childcare attendance can affect inequalities across children. Our results show … that childcare attendance has a positive impact on child cognitive outcomes, which are stronger for children from low socio …

Children from disadvantaged families have lower levels of school readiness when they enter school than do children from … implemented more recently in the US, find that the programs do improve outcomes for young children, particularly for those from …

child cognitive outcomes, allowing the effect of formal childcare to be different for children from different family … step, we simulate how an increase in formal childcare attendance can affect inequalities across children. Our results show … that childcare attendance has a positive impact on child cognitive outcomes, which are stronger for children from low socio …