How does early childcare enrollment affect children, parents, and their interactions?
How does early childcare enrollment affect children, parents, and their interactions?
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早期托儿所入学对儿童、家长及其互动有何影响？
DOI：
10.1016/j.labeco.2018.08.006
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Ryo Kambayashi
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作者：
Shintaro Yamaguchi;Yukiko Asai;Ryo Kambayashi
我们通过利用日本各地区交错的托儿服务扩展来估计托儿服务入学率对儿童结局的影响。我们发现，托儿服务可以改善低学历母亲的孩子的语言发展，并减少注意力不集中、多动和攻击性的症状。为了阐明潜在机制，我们还研究了父母的结果。据估计，使用托儿服务可以提高养育质量和主观幸福感，并减轻低学历母亲的压力。我们对边际治疗效应的估计表明，最能从托儿服务中受益的儿童不太可能参加，这意味着分配效率低下。
We estimate the effects of childcare enrollment on child outcomes by exploiting a staggered childcare expansion across regions in Japan. We find that childcare improves language development and reduces the symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and aggression among the children of low-education mothers. To shed light on underlying mechanisms, we also examined parental outcomes. Estimates indicate that childcare use improves parenting quality and subjective well-being and reduces stress among low-education mothers. Our estimates for marginal treatment effects indicate that children who would benefit most from childcare are less likely to attend, implying inefficient allocation.