The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment
The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment
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DOI：
10.1016/j.labeco.2007.01.003
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Galiani, Sebastian
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作者：
Berlinski, Samuel;Galiani, Sebastian
我们提供了阿根廷大规模建设学前教育设施的影响的证据。我们估计了该计划对学龄前儿童出勤率和产妇劳动力供应的因果影响。识别依赖于差异中的差异策略，在该策略中，我们将不同地区之间建造的设施数量的差异与计划时间导致的队列之间暴露的差异相结合。我们发现，该计划对3至5岁儿童的学前教育参与率有相当大的影响。事实上，我们不能否认新建学位全部被占用的零假设。此外，我们发现，该计划产生的隐性育儿补贴似乎增加了母亲的就业。(C)2007 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
We provide evidence on the impact of a large-scale construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences strategy where we combine differences across regions in the number of facilities built with differences in exposure across cohorts induced by the timing of the program. We find a sizeable impact of the program on pre-primary school participation among children aged between 3 and 5. In fact, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of a full take-up of newly constructed places. In addition, we find that the implicit childcare subsidy induced by the program appears to increases maternal employment. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.