Description:
This paper estimates gender differences in life-cycle impacts across multiple domains of an influential enriched early childhood program targeted toward disadvantaged children that was evaluated by the method of random assignment. We assess the impacts of the program on promoting or alleviating population differences in outcomes by gender. For many outcomes, boys benefit relatively more from high-quality center childcare programs compared to low-quality programs. For them, home care, even in disadvantaged environments, is more beneficial than lower-quality center childcare for many outcomes. This phenomenon is not found for girls. We investigate the sources of the gender differentials in impacts. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Publisher(s):
Funder(s):
Buffett Early Childhood Fund;
J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation. Children's Initiative;
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Policies for Action;
University of Southern California. Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics;
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.);
National Institute on Aging;
Hymen Milgrom Supporting Organization;
Institute for New Economic Thinking;
American Bar Foundation
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
North Carolina