Daycare enrollment and child development
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Daycare enrollment and child development. / Sander, Sarah ; Gørtz, Mette; Jensen, Vibeke Myrup.
2022.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - Daycare enrollment and child development
AU - Sander, Sarah
AU - Gørtz, Mette
AU - Jensen, Vibeke Myrup
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - A large share of young mothers return to work before their child turns one year. Ex-ploiting exogenous variation in daycare vacancy rates, we estimate the causal effectsof enrollment age in universal daycare on child development for children younger thantwo years. We find modest effects of postponing daycare enrollment on early childhoodoutcomes. Children who enroll later have fewer visits to their primary care physicianin their first years of daycare, but the effects vanish before preschool. Children whoenroll later are also more likely to have insufficient language proficiency at age five andthus need additional language support.
AB - A large share of young mothers return to work before their child turns one year. Ex-ploiting exogenous variation in daycare vacancy rates, we estimate the causal effectsof enrollment age in universal daycare on child development for children younger thantwo years. We find modest effects of postponing daycare enrollment on early childhoodoutcomes. Children who enroll later have fewer visits to their primary care physicianin their first years of daycare, but the effects vanish before preschool. Children whoenroll later are also more likely to have insufficient language proficiency at age five andthus need additional language support.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - CEBI Working Paper Series
BT - Daycare enrollment and child development
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