TY - UNPB

T1 - Daycare enrollment and child development

AU - Sander, Sarah

AU - Gørtz, Mette

AU - Jensen, Vibeke Myrup

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - A large share of young mothers return to work before their child turns one year. Ex-ploiting exogenous variation in daycare vacancy rates, we estimate the causal effectsof enrollment age in universal daycare on child development for children younger thantwo years. We find modest effects of postponing daycare enrollment on early childhoodoutcomes. Children who enroll later have fewer visits to their primary care physicianin their first years of daycare, but the effects vanish before preschool. Children whoenroll later are also more likely to have insufficient language proficiency at age five andthus need additional language support.

AB - A large share of young mothers return to work before their child turns one year. Ex-ploiting exogenous variation in daycare vacancy rates, we estimate the causal effectsof enrollment age in universal daycare on child development for children younger thantwo years. We find modest effects of postponing daycare enrollment on early childhoodoutcomes. Children who enroll later have fewer visits to their primary care physicianin their first years of daycare, but the effects vanish before preschool. Children whoenroll later are also more likely to have insufficient language proficiency at age five andthus need additional language support.

M3 - Working paper

T3 - CEBI Working Paper Series

BT - Daycare enrollment and child development

ER -