%0 Report
        %A Gupta, Nabanita Datta
%A Simonsen, Marianne
        %T Where to Put the Kids? Effects of Type of Non-parental Child Care on Pre-teen Skills and Risky Behavior
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5848
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5848
        %X This paper investigates pre-teenage effects of the choice of type of non-parental child care at age three (preschool relative to more informal family day care). We exploit a Danish panel data child survey merged with administrative records along with a pseudo-experiment that generates variation in the take-up of preschool across municipalities. As outcomes, we consider measures of overall and risky behavior in addition to objective and self-evaluated abilities. We find no strong evidence that one type of non-parental care outperforms the other, though children who have been placed in preschool tend to like school better.
        %K risky behaviors
%K skills
%K evaluation
%K child care