Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World:

Adrien Bouguen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim. Deon Filmer is a lead economist at the World Bank. Karen Macours is an associate professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA. Sophie Naudeau is a program leader at the World Bank. We thank Luis Benveniste, Norbert Schady, Beng Simeth, Tsuyoshi Fukao and the members of Early Child Development Department of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education for input and assistance. Ella Humphry and Alison Whyte provided valuable research assistance. The authors are responsible for any errors. This work benefited from funding from the World Bank as well as through the EPDF Trust Fund (TF095369) and the Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund (TF097107). We are grateful for comments from two anonymous referees, Orazio Attanasio, Samuel Berlinski, David Evans, Emanuela Galasso, Paul Glewwe, Sally Grantham McGregor, Raphael Lalive, Robert Jensen, Martin Ravallion and Marta Rubio-Codina, and participants at presentations at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lund University, PSE, and the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the governments it represents. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning six months after publication through three years hence from Adrien Bouguen, .

Adrien Bouguen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim. Deon Filmer is a lead economist at the World Bank. Karen Macours is an associate professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA. Sophie Naudeau is a program leader at the World Bank. We thank Luis Benveniste, Norbert Schady, Beng Simeth, Tsuyoshi Fukao and the members of Early Child Development Department of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education for input and assistance. Ella Humphry and Alison Whyte provided valuable research assistance. The authors are responsible for any errors. This work benefited from funding from the World Bank as well as through the EPDF Trust Fund (TF095369) and the Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund (TF097107). We are grateful for comments from two anonymous referees, Orazio Attanasio, Samuel Berlinski, David Evans, Emanuela Galasso, Paul Glewwe, Sally Grantham McGregor, Raphael Lalive, Robert Jensen, Martin Ravallion and Marta Rubio-Codina, and participants at presentations at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lund University, PSE, and the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the governments it represents. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning six months after publication through three years hence from Adrien Bouguen, .

Adrien Bouguen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim. Deon Filmer is a lead economist at the World Bank. Karen Macours is an associate professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA. Sophie Naudeau is a program leader at the World Bank. We thank Luis Benveniste, Norbert Schady, Beng Simeth, Tsuyoshi Fukao and the members of Early Child Development Department of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education for input and assistance. Ella Humphry and Alison Whyte provided valuable research assistance. The authors are responsible for any errors. This work benefited from funding from the World Bank as well as through the EPDF Trust Fund (TF095369) and the Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund (TF097107). We are grateful for comments from two anonymous referees, Orazio Attanasio, Samuel Berlinski, David Evans, Emanuela Galasso, Paul Glewwe, Sally Grantham McGregor, Raphael Lalive, Robert Jensen, Martin Ravallion and Marta Rubio-Codina, and participants at presentations at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lund University, PSE, and the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the governments it represents. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning six months after publication through three years hence from Adrien Bouguen, .

Adrien Bouguen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim. Deon Filmer is a lead economist at the World Bank. Karen Macours is an associate professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA. Sophie Naudeau is a program leader at the World Bank. We thank Luis Benveniste, Norbert Schady, Beng Simeth, Tsuyoshi Fukao and the members of Early Child Development Department of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education for input and assistance. Ella Humphry and Alison Whyte provided valuable research assistance. The authors are responsible for any errors. This work benefited from funding from the World Bank as well as through the EPDF Trust Fund (TF095369) and the Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund (TF097107). We are grateful for comments from two anonymous referees, Orazio Attanasio, Samuel Berlinski, David Evans, Emanuela Galasso, Paul Glewwe, Sally Grantham McGregor, Raphael Lalive, Robert Jensen, Martin Ravallion and Marta Rubio-Codina, and participants at presentations at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lund University, PSE, and the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the governments it represents. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning six months after publication through three years hence from Adrien Bouguen, .