Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Del Boca, Daniela
Author-Email: dani.delboca@unito.it
Author-Name:  Piazzalunga, Daniela
Author-Email: daniela.piazzalunga@unito.it
Author-Name:  Pronzato, Chiara
Author-Email: chiara.pronzato@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Early child care and child outcomes: the role of grandparents.
Abstract: 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
b etween 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 
Length: 35 pages
Creation-Date: 2014-10
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2014dip/wp_30_2014.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201430