Care or cash? The effect of child care subsidies on student performance.

Autor/inn/en	Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; Salvanes, Kjell G.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Care or cash? The effect of child care subsidies on student performance.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2012), 51 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 18086
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w18086
Schlagwörter	Eltern; Kind; Kinderbetreuung; Elementarbereich; Sekundarstufe I; Sekundarbereich; Schulerfolg; Sozialleistung; Wirtschaftslage; Subventionspolitik; Verfügbares Einkommen; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Auswirkung; Norwegen
Abstract	Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on both parental and student outcomes. We find very small and statistically insignificant effects of childcare subsidies on childcare utilization and parental labor force participation. Despite this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic aptitude. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/4