Early Childcare and Cognitive Development: Evidence from an Assignment Lottery

被引：36
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作者：
Drange, Nina [1 ]
Havnes, Tarjei [2 ]
机构：
[1] Stat Norway, Oslo, Norway
[2] Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway
来源：
JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS | 2019年 / 37卷 / 02期
基金：
芬兰科学院;
关键词：
PRESCHOOL ATTENDANCE; HEAD-START; OUTCOMES; POLICY;
D O I：
10.1086/700193
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from their primary caregiver. This raises concern about whether early childcare enrollment may harm child development. We use childcare assignment lotteries to estimate the effect of enrollment at age 1-2 on cognitive development in Norway. Estimates show significant gains in language and mathematics at age 6-7 and a substantial drop in scores below publicly set thresholds for low performance. Across subsamples, we find a pattern of stronger effects on underperforming groups. We find little support for childcare quality or family income as drivers of our results.
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页码：581 / 620
页数：40
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