The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …

This report considers the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) curriculum
throughout Europe. It explores the official curriculum, specified by national or regional …

We examine heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care program in Germany
by exploiting variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a large expansion …

This study examines the effects of universal Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) on
child development and children's later life outcomes. Using meta-analytical techniques, we …

A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related
in the long run to the skills of its population. In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger …

This report is the second in a Series on early child development in low-income and middle-
income countries and assesses the effectiveness of early child development interventions …

Many developed countries are currently considering a move toward subsidized, widely
accessible child care or preschool. However, studies on how large-scale provision of child …

¿ Cómo se puede resolver este rompecabezas de mayores demandas y fortalecimiento
fiscal? Esta edición de Desarrollo en las Américas (DIA) se centra precisamente en esta …

Early childhood education is at the nexus of basic developmental science, policy research
and analysis, and the applied disciplines of education and prevention science. The field has …

The theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong. However, the empirical
foundation is less so. In this paper, we contribute to the empirical case by investigating the …