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The Effect of Childcare and Early Education Arrangements on Developmental Outcomes of Young Children

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Pierre Merrigan
Philip Lefebvre

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This study investigates the relationship between childcare arrangements and developmental outcomes of young children using data from Cycle 1 of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Models of the determinants of Motor and Social Development (MSD) scores for children aged 0­47 months, and of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test assessment scores (PPVT) for children aged 4­5 years are estimated controlling for a variety of non-parental childcare and early education characteristics. The results suggest that infant-toddler non-parental care arrangements have insignificant or negligible impacts on developmental outcomes (MSD). For preschoolers, modes of care and early education do not, on aver- age, influence cognitive development (PPVT). The results of fixed effect estimates for a sample of siblings aged 0­47 months confirm the preceding conclusion. The analysis is repeated to identify the determinants of the probability that the child's MSD (PPVT) score is in the bottom part of the distribution of MSD (PPVT) scores and the conclusions are similar.

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Volume (Year): 28 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 159-185
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  1. Michael Baker & Jonathan Gruber & Kevin Milligan, 2005. "Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being," NBER Working Papers 11832, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Kohen, Dafna & Forer, Barry & Hertzman, Clyde, 2006. "National Data Sets: Sources of Information for Canadian Child Care Data," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2006284e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch. [Downloadable!]
  3. Pierre Lefebvre & Philip Merrigan & Matthieu Verstraete, 2006. "Impact of Early Childhood Care and Education on Children's Preschool Cognitive Development: Canadian Results from a Large Quasi-experiment," Cahiers de recherche 0636, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
  4. Pierre Lefebvre & Philip Merrigan & Matthieu Verstraete, 2008. "Childcare Policy and Cognitive Outcomes of Children: Results from a Large Scale Quasi-Experiment on Universal Childcare in Canada," Cahiers de recherche 0823, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
  5. Kohen, Dafna & Forer, Barry & Hertzman, Clyde, 2006. "Ensembles de données nationales : sources d'information sur la garde des enfants au Canada," Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche 2006284f, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques. [Downloadable!]
  6. Martin Dooley & Jennifer Stewart, 2007. "Family income, parenting styles and child behavioural-emotional outcomes," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(2), pages 145-162. [Downloadable!]
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