Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295687 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 18/22
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
The evidence for the effects of early childhood education on risky behavior in adolescence is limited. This paper studies the consequences of a reform of a large-scale universal kindergarten program in Japan. Exploiting a staggered expansion of kindergartens across regions, we estimate the effects of the reform using an event study model. Our estimates indicate that the reform significantly reduced juvenile violent arrests and the rate of teenage pregnancy, but we do not find that the reform increased the high school enrolment rate. We suspect that improved non-cognitive skills can account for the reduction of risky behavior in adolescence.
Subjects: 
early childhood education
crime
teenage pregnancy
JEL: 
H52
I20
I28
J13
J24
K40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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