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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 321–353 |
Seitenumfang | 61 |
Fachzeitschrift | The Economic Journal |
Jahrgang | 135 |
Ausgabenummer | 665 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Jan. 2025 |
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in: The Economic Journal, Jahrgang 135, Nr. 665, 01.2025, S. 321–353.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing Child Maltreatment
T2 - Beneficial Side Effects of Public Childcare
AU - Sandner, Malte
AU - Thomsen, Stephan Lothar
AU - González, Libertad
PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - We investigate the impact of public childcare provision on the incidence of severe child maltreatment. For identification, we exploit a reform that expanded early childcare in Germany, generating large temporal and spatial variation in childcare coverage at the county level. Using high-quality administrative data covering all reported cases of child maltreatment in Germany by county and year, we find that an increase in childcare slots by one percentage point in a county reduced child maltreatment cases leading to out-of-home placement by about 1%. Our results suggest that the provision of universal public childcare may be more cost-effective than previously thought.
AB - We investigate the impact of public childcare provision on the incidence of severe child maltreatment. For identification, we exploit a reform that expanded early childcare in Germany, generating large temporal and spatial variation in childcare coverage at the county level. Using high-quality administrative data covering all reported cases of child maltreatment in Germany by county and year, we find that an increase in childcare slots by one percentage point in a county reduced child maltreatment cases leading to out-of-home placement by about 1%. Our results suggest that the provision of universal public childcare may be more cost-effective than previously thought.
U2 - 10.1093/ej/ueae070
DO - 10.1093/ej/ueae070
M3 - Article
VL - 135
SP - 321
EP - 353
JO - The Economic Journal
JF - The Economic Journal
IS - 665
ER -