UNIVERSAL PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION: THE CASE OF PUBLIC FUNDING WITH PRIVATE PROVISION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blanden, Jo; Del Bono, Emilia; McNally, Sandra; Rabe, Birgitta
• 署名单位: University of Essex; University of Surrey; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Bergen
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12374
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 682-723
• 关键词: child-care; school; incentives; QUALITY

摘要

This article studies the effect of free pre-school education on child outcomes in primary school. We exploit the staggered implementation of free part-time pre-school for three year olds across Local Education Authorities in England in the early 2000s. The policy led to small improvements in attainment at age 5, with no apparent benefits by age 11. We argue that this is because the expansion of free places largely crowded out privately paid care, with small changes in total participation, and was achieved through an increase in private provision, where quality is lower on average than in the public sector.