Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185149 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11689
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In 2007 the Italian central government started a program by transferring funds to regional governments to develop both private and public early childcare services. Exploiting the different timing of program implementation across regions, we evaluate its effectiveness in boosting the public supply of early childhood educational services. We find that the ratio between the available slots in public early childhood education and the population of those aged 0-2 increased by 18.1% three years after the start of the program, with respect to the pre-program level. The program impact was however nil in the South and totally driven by the Center-North.
Subjects: 
early childcare services
public early childhood education
government transfers
difference-in-differences
JEL: 
C23
H52
H70
J13
R10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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