The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment |
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| Affiliation: | 1. ART-Dev, Centre de Coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, TA C-113 / 15 - 73 rue Jean-François Breton, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;2. Laboratoire Montpellieren d''économie Théorique et Appliquée (LAMETA), Montpellier SupAgro, CNRS, INRA, Université de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier 3, Montpellier, 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France;3. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche, Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, TA C-105 / D - Campus international de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;4. UMR Territoires, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l''environnement et l''agriculture (IRSTEA), 9 avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178 Aubière, France |
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| Abstract: | We provide evidence on the impact of a large-scale construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences strategy where we combine differences across regions in the number of facilities built with differences in exposure across cohorts induced by the timing of the program. We find a sizeable impact of the program on pre-primary school participation among children aged between 3 and 5. In fact, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of a full take-up of newly constructed places. In addition, we find that the implicit childcare subsidy induced by the program appears to increases maternal employment. |
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