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References for Childcare choices and child development
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Further reading
- Carneiro, P., Heckman, J. J. "Human capital policy" In: Heckman, J. J., Krueger, A. B., Friedman, B. M. (eds). Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
- Todd, P. E., Wolpin, K. "On the specification and estimation of the production function of cognitive achievement" The Economic Journal 113:485 (2003): F3–F33.
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Key references
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Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J. "Formulating, identifying and
estimating the technology of cognitive and non-cognitive skill
formation" Journal of Human
Resources 43:4 (2008): 738–778. Key reference: [1]
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Bernal, R. "The effect of
maternal employment and child care on children’s cognitive
development" International
Economic Review 49:4 (2008): 1173–1209. Key reference: [2]
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Hsin, A., Felfe, C. "When does time
matter? Maternal employment, children’s time with parents and
child development" Demography 51:5 (2014): 1867–1894. Key reference: [3]
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Del Boca, D., Flinn, C., Wiswall, M. "Household choices
and child development" Review of Economic
Studies 81:1 (2014): 137–185. Key reference: [4]
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Carneiro, P., Loken, K., Salvanes, K. G. "A flying start?
Long term consequences of time investments in infants in their
first year of life" Journal of
Political Economy, Forthcoming. Key reference: [5]
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Dustmann, C., Schoenberg, U. "The effect of
expansions in maternity leave coverage on children’s long-term
outcomes" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 4:3 (2012): 190–224. Key reference: [6]
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Hansen, C., Hawkes, D. "Early childcare
and child development" Journal of Social
Policy 38:2 (2009): 211–239. Key reference: [7]
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Bernal, R., Keane, M. P. "Child care choices
and children’s cognitive achievement: The case of single
mothers" Journal of Labor
Economics 29:3 (2011): 459–512. Key reference: [8]
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Havnes, T., Mogstad, M. "No child left
behind. Universal childcare and children’s long-run
outcomes" American Economic
Journal: Economic Policy 3:2 (2011): 97–129. Key reference: [9]
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Brilli, Y., Del
Boca, D., Pronzato, C. "Does child care
availability play a role in maternal employment and children’s
development? Evidence from Italy" Review of
Economics of the Household 14:1 (2016): 27–51. Key reference: [10]
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Felfe, C., Lalive, R. Does Early Child
Care Help or Hurt Children’s Development? IZA Discussion
Paper No.8484, 2014. Key reference: [11]
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Datta Gupta, N., Simonsen, M. "Non-cognitive
child outcomes and universal high quality child care" Journal of Public
Economics 94:1−2 (2010): 30–43. Key reference: [12]
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Baker, M., Gruber, M., Milligan, K. "Universal child
care, maternal labor supply, and family well-being" Journal of
Political Economy 116:4 (2012): 709–745. Key reference: [13]
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Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J. "Formulating, identifying and
estimating the technology of cognitive and non-cognitive skill
formation" Journal of Human
Resources 43:4 (2008): 738–778.
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Additional References
- Almond, D., Currie, J. "Human capital development before age five" In: Ashenfelter, O., Card, D. (eds). Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011.
- Danzer, N., Lavy, V. "Parental leave and children’s schooling outcomes: Quasi experimental evidence from a large parental leave reform" NBER Working Paper No.19452, 2013.
- Ermisch, J., Francesconi, M. "Parental employment and children’s welfare" In: Boeri, T., Del Boca, D., Pissarides, C. (eds). Women at Work: An Economic Perspective. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Goodman, A., Sianesi, B. "Early education and children’s outcomes: How long do the impacts last?" Fiscal Studies 26:4 (2005): 513–548.
- Fitzpatrick, M. D. "Starting school at four: The effect of universal pre-kindergarten on children’s academic achievement" B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 8:1 (2008): 1–38.
- Wurtz Rasmussen, A. "Increasing the length of parents’ birth-related leave: The effect on children's long-term educational outcomes" Labour Economics 17:1 (2010): 91–100.