PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Araujo, M. Caridad
AU  - Dormal, Marta
AU  - Schady, Norbert
TI  - Childcare Quality and Child Development
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.54.3.0217.8572R1
DP  - 2019 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 656--682
VI  - 54
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/3/656.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/3/656.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2019 Jul 01; 54
AB  - Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. Many young children are in some form of nonparental childcare, but the quality of this care, in particular the quality of caregiver–child interactions, is often low. In this paper, we use data from Peru to show that infants and toddlers with caregivers who demonstrate higher quality interactions have significantly better communication, problem-solving, and fine motor skills. We also find evidence that the association between the quality of care and child outcomes is significant throughout most of the distribution of child development, and largest at the bottom of it.