PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Andrew S. Griffen TI - Evaluating the Effects of Childcare Policies on Children’s Cognitive Development and Maternal Labor Supply AID - 10.3368/jhr.54.3.0315.6988R1 DP - 2019 Jul 01 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 604--655 VI - 54 IP - 3 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/3/604.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/3/604.full SO - J Hum Resour2019 Jul 01; 54 AB - To explore the role of childcare policies in the development of early cognitive skills, this paper jointly estimates a cognitive achievement production function and a dynamic, discrete choice model of maternal labor supply and childcare decisions. Using counterfactuals from the model, I investigate how the designs of two childcare programs, Head Start and childcare subsidies, affect the formation of cognitive skills through maternal work and childcare decisions. The results suggest large impacts on cognitive skills from expanding Head Start to current noneligibles and negligible impacts of subsidies on cognitive skills of current eligibles.