After-school care, child care arrangements, and child development
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Human Capital
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
© 2020, University of Chicago Press. All rights reserved. In 1998, the Canadian province of Quebec introduced a $5 per day before-and after-school care program targeting primary school children. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, we employ a difference-in-differences analysis to study the effects of after-school care on child care arrangements and child development. Our results show an increase in the use of after-school care by 6–10 percentage points, mainly replacing self-care and care provided by a sibling. We also find an increase in indirect aggression, a deterioration in reading and writing skills, and a decrease in the incidence of the child getting injured.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
First Page
617
Last Page
652
Disciplines
Education
Scopus ID
Recommended Citation
He, Ailin and Sayour, Nagham, "After-school care, child care arrangements, and child development" (2020). All Works. 371.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/371
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
no
