Autori
Del Boca, Daniela
Pronzato, Chiara
Piazzalunga, Daniela

Titolo
Early child care and child outcomes: the role of grandparents.
Periodico
Università degli studi di Torino. Dip. Di Economia e Statistica Cognetti de Martiis. Working paper series
Anno: 2014 - Volume: 10 - Fascicolo: 30 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 35

In this pap er, we fo cus on the impact of early grandparents' care on child cognitive out-comes, in the short and medium term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children lo oked after in a formal care centre, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are b etter in naming ob jects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts development, problem-solving, mathematical concepts and constructing ability. In order to assess a causal link b etween early care and child outcomes, we employ panel metho ds and in- strumental variables techniques that conrm that grandparental care matters more for naming ability while formal care is more imp ortant for problem-solving ability and basic concepts de-velopment. These results hide strong heterogeneities: on the one hand, the p ositive asso ciation between grandparents' care and child outcomes is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative asso ciation is signicant only for children in more disadvantaged households



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