Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177179 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11375
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from OECD's PISA, Eurostat and World Bank's WDI, we explore how child cognitive outcomes at the aggregate country level are related to macroeconomic conditions, specifically government education expenditures and early education experience. We find that both government expenditures in education and attendance to early child care are associated with better later school performance. We also consider different childcare characteristics such as duration and quality, which appear to have significant effects Our results may imply that policies encouraging childcare expansion should also take into account quality issues.
Subjects: 
early childcare and education
school performance
test scores
JEL: 
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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