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Title: Introduction of Head Start and Maternal Labor Supply: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: I use the non-public decennial censuses in 1970 to investigate the effect of the Head Start program on maternal labor supply and schooling in its early years. I exploit a discontinuity in county-level Head Start funding beginning in the late 1960s to explore differences in countylevel maternal employment and maternal schooling. The results provide suggestive evidence that the more availability of Head Start led to an increase the nursery school enrollment of children and a decrease in maternal labor supply. In addition, the ITT estimates imply a relatively large, negative effect of enrollment on maternal labor supply. However, the estimates are somewhat sensitive to addition of covariates and the standard errors are also large to draw firm inferences. and seminar participants at UIC for providing helpful comments. I thank Douglas Miller and Jens Ludwig for data on Head Start spending and the Chicago Census RDC for providing access to the restricted-use census files.Disclaimer: Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are mine and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau. All results have been reviewed to ensure that no confidential information is disclosed.
Url: https://www2.census.gov/ces/wp/2016/CES-WP-16-35.pdf
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Authors: Long, Cuiping
Series Title: CES Discussion Papers
Publication Number: 16-35
Institution: University of Illinois
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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