Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130397 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5778
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment on ability measures and show that attending extra science courses with preschool classes leads to significantly higher school readiness. Attending classes at JU increases school readiness by approximately 2.18% which corresponds to 1/5 of a standard deviation of the ability score. The result is plausible and passes various robustness checks.
Subjects: 
early childhood education
extracurricular activities
early interventions
school readiness
JEL: 
I20
I21
I28
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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