Samuel Berlinski|Sebastián Galiani
The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment
University College London|Institute for Fiscal Studies|Washington University in St. Louis
provide evidence impact largescale construction preprimary school facilities argentina estimate causal impact program preprimary school attendance maternal labor supply identification relies differencesindifferences strategy combine differences across regions number facilities built differences exposure across cohorts induced timing program find sizeable impact program preprimary school participation among children aged 3 5 fact cannot reject null hypothesis full takeup newly constructed places addition find implicit childcare subsidy induced program appears increases maternal employment