TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of expanding access to early childhood education services in rural Indonesia
AU - Brinkman, Sally Anne
AU - Hasan, Amer
AU - Jung, Haeil
AU - Kinnell, Angela
AU - Pradhan, Menno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper examines the effects of an intervention that expanded access to low-cost, government-sponsored, community-based playgroups in rural Indonesia. Instrumental variables and difference-in-differences models indicate that while the intervention raised enrollment rates and durations of enrollment for everyone, on average, there was little impact on child development. The two models correspond to different durations of project exposure. The difference-in-differences model captures greater exposure and shows that there are modest and sustained impacts on child development—especially for children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. There is also evidence that the intervention encouraged substitution away from other services, such as kindergartens.
AB - This paper examines the effects of an intervention that expanded access to low-cost, government-sponsored, community-based playgroups in rural Indonesia. Instrumental variables and difference-in-differences models indicate that while the intervention raised enrollment rates and durations of enrollment for everyone, on average, there was little impact on child development. The two models correspond to different durations of project exposure. The difference-in-differences model captures greater exposure and shows that there are modest and sustained impacts on child development—especially for children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. There is also evidence that the intervention encouraged substitution away from other services, such as kindergartens.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021737467&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/691278
DO - 10.1086/691278
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021737467
SN - 0734-306X
VL - 35
SP - S305-S335
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
IS - S1
ER -