Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322910 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 13-18
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
High quality child care has been consistently linked with child development and future life outcomes. We examine how process quality in child care centers is influenced by the reduction of child care subsidies. The analysis is based on a 2012 reduction in subsidies for Dutch parents. Exploiting the different types of funding for child care centers in the Netherlands, we provide linear and non-linear difference-in-difference estimates of the effects subsidy cuts have on child care quality. The results show that the subsidy reduction had a negative effect on quality, and the effects are especially strong for higher quality centers.
Subjects: 
child care
ECEC
quality
subsidy
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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