Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161381 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10758
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates gender differences in life-cycle impacts across multiple domains of an influential enriched early childhood program targeted toward disadvantaged children that was evaluated by the method of random assignment. We assess the impacts of the program on promoting or alleviating population differences in outcomes by gender. For many outcomes, boys benefit relatively more from high-quality center childcare programs compared to low-quality programs. For them, home care, even in disadvantaged environments, is more beneficial than lower-quality center childcare for many outcomes. This phenomenon is not found for girls. We investigate the sources of the gender differentials in impacts.
Subjects: 
gender differences
childcare
early childhood education
health
randomized trials
substitution bias
JEL: 
J13
I28
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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