The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program
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Author(s)
Baker, Michael
Gruber, Jonathan
Milligan, Kevin
Date Issued
August 2019
Journal
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Publisher
American Economic Association
Citation
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
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Abstract
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.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Sloan School of Management
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https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20170603
