The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Baker, Michael; Gruber, Jonathan; Milligan, Kevin
• 署名单位: University of Toronto; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of British Columbia; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20170603
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1-26
• 关键词: criminal-justice-act; gender disparities; pre-k; boys; Preschool; outcomes; school; education; benefits; HEALTH

摘要

Past research documents the persistence of positive impacts of early life interventions on noncognitive skills. We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec. We find that the negative effects on noncognitive outcomes persisted to school ages, and also that cohorts with increased child care access had worse health, lower life satisfaction, and higher crime rates later in life. Our results reinforce previous evidence of the central role of the early childhood environment for long-run success.