Publication:
Improving Preschool Provision and Encouraging Demand: Evidence from a Large-Scale Construction Program

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBerlinski, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorFerreyra, Maria Marta
dc.contributor.authorFlabbi, Luca
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Juan David
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T14:41:46Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T14:41:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the impact of a preschool construction program and of two demand-side interventions in Cambodia. Within this context where other preschools are available, impacts are likely to differ between children who would have been enrolled in a preexisting preschool and those who would have stayed at home, with larger expected gains for the latter. The construction program caused enrollment to increase but demand-side interventions did not. After one year, the study measures intent-to-treat impacts on cognitive (0.04 standard deviations) and socio-emotional development (0.07 SD). The analysis also shows that the effect on children who would have stayed at home can be bounded (between 0.14 SD and 0.45 SD). With further assumptions these bounds can be tightened (0.14 SD – 0.35 SD) and under heavier assumptions, the study estimates this effect to be 0.19 SD, while the effect on children who would have benefited from another preschool is small and insignificant. These results are consistent with measures of preschool quality which imply that the newly constructed schooled only significantly improved infrastructure quality and not process quality. After two years of program implementation, most impacts become insignificant suggesting that the advantage provided by preschool quickly vanished, specifically once children enrolled in primary school. en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/874111602004483025/Child-Care-Markets-Parental-Labor-Supply-and-Child-Development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34598
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9427
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCHILD CARE
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCHILD CARE ARRANGEMENT
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCHILD CARE SERVICES
dc.titleImproving Preschool Provision and Encouraging Demanden
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from a Large-Scale Construction Program
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleChild Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-06
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/874111602004483025/Child-Care-Markets-Parental-Labor-Supply-and-Child-Development
okr.guid874111602004483025
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9427
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087e706f0_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32466631
okr.identifier.reportWPS9427
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/874111602004483025/pdf/Child-Care-Markets-Parental-Labor-Supply-and-Child-Development.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.statistics.combined1652
okr.statistics.dr874111602004483025
okr.statistics.drstats1030
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationddeb71eb-db5f-5d3b-9a4f-6118c5ff4caa
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscoveryddeb71eb-db5f-5d3b-9a4f-6118c5ff4caa
relation.isSeriesOfPublication26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
relation.isSeriesOfPublication.latestForDiscovery26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Child-Care-Markets-Parental-Labor-Supply-and-Child-Development.pdf
Size:
1.93 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
English PDF
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Child-Care-Markets-Parental-Labor-Supply-and-Child-Development.txt
Size:
147.88 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
Policy Research Working Papers