RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluating the Effects of Childcare Policies on Children’s Cognitive Development and Maternal Labor Supply
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 604
OP 655
DO 10.3368/jhr.54.3.0315.6988R1
VO 54
IS 3
A1 Griffen, Andrew S.
YR 2019
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/3/604.abstract
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.