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Title: Maternal Labor Supply and the Availability of Public Pre-K: Evidence from the Introduction of Prekindergarten into American Public Schools

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: In the 1980s and 1990s, many states began to provide funding for prekindergarten programs for the first time. This paper takes advantage of the staggered timing inprogram funding to investigate the effect that increased availability of prekindergarten programs has on the labor supply of mothers with four year olds. I find that mothers with a four year old and no younger children were significantly more likely to be in the labor force and employed once prekindergarten became available, and that these effects were largest for single, low-educated mothers and married, college-educated mothers. Mothers with a four year old and other younger children were also significantly more likely to be in the labor force and employed, although these effects were smaller in magnitude and not significant for specific subpopulations.

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Authors: Sall, Sean P.

Publisher: Notre Dame

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage

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