The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program
Past research documents the persistence of positive impacts of early life interventions on noncognitive skills. We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec. We f...
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| author | Baker, Michael Gruber, Jonathan Milligan, Kevin |
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| description | Past research documents the persistence of positive impacts of early life interventions on noncognitive skills. We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec. We find that the negative effects on noncognitive outcomes persisted to school ages, and also that cohorts with increased child care access had worse health, lower life satisfaction, and higher crime rates later in life. Our results reinforce previous evidence of the central role of the early childhood environment for long-run success. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1266672022-09-28T15:42:18Z The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program Baker, Michael Gruber, Jonathan Milligan, Kevin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Sloan School of Management Past research documents the persistence of positive impacts of early life interventions on noncognitive skills. We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec. We find that the negative effects on noncognitive outcomes persisted to school ages, and also that cohorts with increased child care access had worse health, lower life satisfaction, and higher crime rates later in life. Our results reinforce previous evidence of the central role of the early childhood environment for long-run success. 2020-08-18T22:10:15Z 2020-08-18T22:10:15Z 2019-08 2019-10-23T12:30:10Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1945-7731 1945-774X https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126667 Baker, Michael et al. "The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, 3 (August 2019): 1-26 © 2019 American Economic Association en http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.20170603 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association American Economic Association |
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