The authors study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in the supply of pre-primary places. Using a within household estimator, they find small gains from preschool attendance at early ages that magnify as children grow up. By age 15, treated...
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2007/06/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4240
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Giving children a better start : preschool attendance and school-age profiles
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household fixed effect