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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Research Group on Human Capital - Working Paper Series No. 15-04
Verlag: 
Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM), Groupe de recherche sur le capital humain (GRCH), Montréal
Zusammenfassung: 
In this paper, we study the long-run impact of a universal child care policy in Quebec on parental health and parenting practices. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Child and Youth, we follow treated families for more than 9 years and investigate the impact well beyond the first few years of the policy. A non-experimental evaluation framework based on multiple pre- and post-treatment periods is used to estimate the policy effects. We show that the policy increased mothers' depression scores with preschool children as well as scores of inappropriate parenting behavior. The policy increased hostile and aversive parenting and reduced positive interaction and consistent parenting. However, negative effects of the program on parental behaviors vanish when the child is in school. Moreover, we find that this pattern persists even ten years after the implementation of the reform.
Schlagwörter: 
universal child care
parental health and behaviors
longer-run effects
child care policy
natural experiment
JEL: 
I31
J18
J20
Dokumentart: 
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