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No Child Left Behind: Subsidized Child Care and Children's Long-Run Outcomes
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Many developed countries are currently considering a move toward subsidized, widely accessible child care or preschool. However, studies on how large-scale provision of child care affects child development are scarce, and focused on short-run outcomes. We analyze a large-scale expansion of subsidized child care in Norway, addressing the impact on children's long-run outcomes. Our precise and robust difference-in-differences estimates show that subsidized child care had strong positive effects on children's educational attainment and labor market participation, and also reduced welfare dependency. Subsample analyses indicate that girls and children with low-educated mothers benefit the most from child care. (JEL J13, J16)
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- Authors
- Havnes, T., & Mogstad, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Statistics Norway (NO)
- Venue
- American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2011-05-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 97-129
- ISSN
- 1945-774X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7731
- OpenAlex
- W1988891842
- Cited by
- 579
- References
- 75
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- FWCI
- 62.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Economic Journal Economic Policy (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- subsidized child care, preschool, child development, educational attainment, labor force participation, welfare dependency, gender differences, maternal education, long-term outcomes, Norway
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