Can’t buy mommy’s love? Universal childcare and children’s long-term cognitive development

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 393-422

  Felfe, Christina ^a,b   Nollenberger, Natalia ^c   Rodríguez Planas, Núria ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Long term consequences; Universal high quality childcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921911010     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: 14321475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-014-0532-x     Document Type: Article

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