TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fort, Margherita
AU  - Ichino, Andrea
AU  - Zanella, Giulio
        TI  - Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Costs of Daycare 0–2 for Girls
        PY  - 2016/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9756
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9756
        AB  - Exploiting admission thresholds in a Regression Discontinuity Design, we study the causal effects of daycare at age 0–2 on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes at age 8–14. One additional month in daycare reduces IQ by 0.5% (4.5% of a standard deviation). Effects for conscientiousness are small and imprecisely estimated. Psychologists suggest that children in daycare experience fewer one-to-one interactions with adults, which should be particularly relevant for girls who are more capable than boys of exploiting cognitive stimuli at an early age. In line with this interpretation, losses for girls are larger and more significant, especially in affluent families.
        KW  - daycare
KW  - childcare
KW  - child development
KW  - cognitive skills
KW  - non-cognitive skills
        ER  -