Analyzing social experiments as implemented: A reexamination of the evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
A reconceptualized cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, based on data from the original program participants and matched data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979)
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Can't buy mommy's love?: Universal childcare and children's long-term cognitive development
A comparison of the language and math performance at age 15 of children who were 3 years old either before or after the implementation of universal child care for 3-year-old children in their respective region of Spain, based on data for Spain from the 2003, 2006, and 2009 waves of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a cross-national assessment of skills and knowledge
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Care or cash?: The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
A study of the influence on children's junior high school academic performance of variations in household child care expenses produced by income-based eligibility cutoffs for municipal child care subsidies, based on a national longitudinal administrative data set from Norway
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Cheaper child care, more children
An exploration of the correlation between costs of child care, local and national policy reform, and women’s fertility decisions in Sweden
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Child care assistance: Are subsidies or tax credits better?
A comparison of the relationship of two Australian child care assistance policies, price subsidies and tax credits, to maternal labor force participation, child care demand and expenses, household income and welfare, and government revenue, based on an analysis of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey
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Child care choices by Italian households
An examination of factors that influence the child care decisions of households in Italy, based on a subsample of households that participated in either the Bank of Italy's Survey of Households Income and Wealth (SHIW) or the ISTAT Multiscopo Survey
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of unmarried women in urban China: 1982-2000
An exploration of the influence of location, the availability of child care and the availability care for the elderly or disabled on unmarried women's labor market participation decisions, based on data from three waves of the population census of China from 1982-2000
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Child care, maternal employment and persistence: A natural experiment from Spain
A study of the effects of subsidized child care on maternal labor force participation in Spain, based on an analysis of national labor force data and the staggered regional implementation of universal child care for 3 year-old children
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Child care subsidies and child development
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to child development, including reading and math skills, behavior, and motor skills, at the beginning and end of kindergarten, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999
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Child care subsidies and childhood obesity
An exploration of the relationship between child care subsidy receipt, subsidy policies, and children’s obesity, based on data from a sample of more than 21,000 children who participated in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (ECLS)-K
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to maternal physical and mental health status and parenting stress and behaviors, based on data from three nationally representative data sets: the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, and the DDB Needham Life Style Survey
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Can intensive early childhood intervention programs eliminate income-based cognitive and achievement gaps?
An estimation of the relationship of participation in a comprehensive early childhood development intervention to income-based differences in child cognitive development and school readiness, based on secondary analyses of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, and from the impact evaluation of the Infant Health and Development Program, a comprehensive intervention for low-birth-weight premature infants
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The cost of caring for young children
An exploration of the links between families’ child care expenses, income inequality, and child care subsidy policies, based on data on 4,524 families with 5,777 young children who participated in either the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
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Can parents afford to work?: Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives
A comparative study of the net costs, adjusting for tax benefits and work incentive policies, to parents of obtaining full-time, center-based child care in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Can parents afford to work?: Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives [Executive summary]
A summary of an assessment of the net costs, adjusting for tax benefits and work incentive policies, to parents of obtaining full-time, center-based child care for their children in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers
An investigation into the correlation between welfare participants’ receipt of a child care subsidy and that participant’s employment, job search, or school attendance, using data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)
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Do higher childcare subsidies improve parental well-being?: Evidence from Quebec's family policies
An examination of changes to levels of parental well-being at the time of the introduction of universal subsidized child care in Quebec, Canada, based on a comparison of pre- and post-reform reports of parental well-being from Quebec and the rest of Canada, as well as from parents with either young or older children
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Early child care and child development: For whom it works and why
A study of the predictors of infant and toddler child care participation in West Germany, and of variations, by observed and unobserved characteristics, in the relationship between child care participation and the skills development of infants and toddlers, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for 870 2- to 3-year-old West German children born between 2002 and 2008
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Economic, neurobiological and behavioral perspectives on building America’s future workforce
A discussion of research findings from the fields of economics, neurobiology, and behavioral science on the links between early childhood development and a productive adult workforce
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The effect of child care and part time opportunities on participation and fertility decisions in Italy
An examination of the correlation between women's wages, labor participation decisions, and fertility rates, and an inquiry into the influence of child care availability and part-time employment opportunities on labor participation, based on a subsample of 1,708 women who participated in the Bank of Italy's Survey of Households Income and Wealth (SHIW)
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The effect of early childhood developmental program attendance on future school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India
A study of the relationship of early childhood program attendance from ages 0-6 to school enrollment and rate of grade progression from ages 7-19, based on an analysis of data from the World Bank
1997-98 Survey of Living Conditions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India
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The excess demand for subsidized child care in Germany
An investigation into the relationship of restrictions on eligibility and access to subsidized child care on parents’ demand for services, based on information on 1,798 children from a larger national survey in Germany
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Exploring the impacts of public childcare on mothers and children in Italy: Does rationing play a role?
A study of the relationship of publicly funded child care availability to mothers' labor force participation and children's language skills in Italy
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Females' willingness to work and the discouragement effect of a poor local childcare provision
An investigation of the relationship of the availability of child care to womens' employment, based on a subsample of women ages 18 to 59 from Western Germany who participated in the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) study
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A forgotten issue: Distributional effects of day care subsidies in Germany
A paper analyzing how different income groups in Germany utilize publicly provided child care and how much they are charged for child care services
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