Table 11

Children’s Development—Robustness Checks

	All	Harmonized Sample
	Needs	Needs	Development Index
Panel A: Baseline DiD
	−0.036^**	−0.033^**	0.040
	(0.014)	(0.016)	(0.036)
N	19,191	14,761	14,761
Panel B: Specification Checks
No control variables	−0.028^*	−0.023	0.008
	(0.015)	(0.017)	(0.040)
N	19,191	14,761	14,761
Linear time trends	−0.038^**	−0.041^*	0.004
	(0.019)	(0.021)	(0.049)
N	19,191	14,761	14,761
Quadratic time trends	−0.044	−0.047	0.013
	(0.030)	(0.035)	(0.082)
N	19,191	14,761	14,761
Panel C: Accounting for Legal Entitlement to Slot in Childcare
Placebo 2011	0.001	0.008	0.028
	(0.014)	(0.017)	(0.040)
N	15,874	12,167	12,167

Source: Own calculations based on school entrance examinations data for children born in July or August between 2007 and 2012, Schleswig Holstein only.
Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses. Significance levels: ^*p < 0.10, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01.