Non-Cognitive Child Outcomes and Universal High Quality Child Care (PDF)
By Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marianne Simonsen
Discussion Paper Series, 3188;
November
2007
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between preschool care and child outcomes. Child outcomes are compared for children enrolled in universal publicly subsidized, high quality, center-based child care and family day care for three-year-olds in Denmark. The paper focuses on the development of non-cognitive skills such as measures of emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention problems, peer relationship problems, and pro-social behavior. Findings show that compared to home care, being enrolled in preschool at age three years does not lead to significant differences in child outcomes at age seven years, no matter the gender or mother’s level of education. Increasing hours in family day care from 30–40 hours per week to 40–50 hours per week and hours in preschool from 20–30 hours per week to 30–40 hours per week leads to significantly poorer child outcomes. Contains 40 references.
Index Terms: Child Care Arrangements, Experimental Programs, Outcomes Of Child Care, Quality Of Child Care, Family Child Care, Family Friend and Neighbor Child Care, Preschool Education, Studies
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor
Publication Type: Reports (Research/technical)
Pages: 44 pages
Language: English
URL: http://ftp.iza.org/dp3188.pdf
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