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dc.contributor.authorDearing, Eric
dc.contributor.authorZachrisson, Henrik Daae
dc.contributor.authorMykletun, Arnstein
dc.contributor.authorToppelberg, Claudio O
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T08:35:37Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T08:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-01
dc.description.abstractWhile most early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs taken to scale in the United States have served socially disadvantaged 3- to 5-years-olds, Norway scaled up universal ECEC from age 1. We investigated the consequences of Norway’s universal ECEC scale-up for children’s early language skills, exploiting variation in ECEC coverage across birth cohorts and municipalities in a population-based sample (n = 63,350). Estimates from two-stage least squares (i.e., instrumental variable) regression and generalized difference-in-differences models indicated the scale-up of universal ECEC led to improved language outcomes, particularly for low-income children. As preschool programs at scale become increasingly common in the United States, our results from Norway help inform debate about the merits of universal versus targeted policies and should provoke discussion about the benefits of beginning ECEC programs as early as infancy.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Norwegian Institute of Public Health Research Council of Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418756598> https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418756598</a>. Licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationDearing, E., Zachrisson, H.D., Mykletun, A. & Toppelberg, C.O. (2018). Estimating the Consequences of Norway’s National Scale-Up of Early Childhood Education and Care (Beginning in Infancy) for Early Language Skills. <i>AERA Open, 4</i>(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418756598en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1667097
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2332858418756598
dc.identifier.issn2332-8584
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14555
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.journalAERA Open
dc.relation.projectIDResearch Council of Norway: ?en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Education: 280en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectChild Developmenten_US
dc.subjectEarly Childhooden_US
dc.subjectEconometric Analysisen_US
dc.subjectEducational Policyen_US
dc.subjectLongitudinal Studiesen_US
dc.subjectPolicy Analysisen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.titleEstimating the Consequences of Norway’s National Scale-Up of Early Childhood Education and Care (Beginning in Infancy) for Early Language Skillsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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