Fessler, Pirmin, Schneebaum, Alyssa. 2019. The educational and labor market returns to preschool attendance in Austria. Applied Economics. 51 (32), 3531-3550.
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Abstract
Preschool attendance is widely recognized as a key ingredient for later socioeconomic success, mothers’ labor market participation, and leveling the playing field for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. However, the empirical evidence for these claims is still relatively scarce, particularly in Europe. Using data from the 2011 Austrian European Union Statistics of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), we contribute to this literature by studying the effects of having attended preschool for the adult Austrian population. We find strong and positive effects of preschool attendance on later educational attainment, the probability of working full time, hourly wages, and the probability that the mother is in the labor market. Full time workers at the bottom and the top of the distribution benefit less than those in the middle. Women in particular benefit more in terms of years of schooling and the probability of working full time. Other disadvantaged groups (second generation migrants; people with less educated parents) also often benefit more in terms of education and work.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | Applied Economics |
Citation Index | SSCI |
WU Journalrating 2009 | A |
WU-Journal-Rating new | FIN-A, VW-D |
Language | English |
Title | The educational and labor market returns to preschool attendance in Austria |
Volume | 51 |
Number | 32 |
Year | 2019 |
Page from | 3531 |
Page to | 3550 |
Reviewed? | Y |
URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2019.1584368 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1584368 |
Open Access | Y |
Open Access Link | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2019.1584368 |
Associations
- Projects
- Analyzing intersectional inequality with microeconometrics
- People
- Schneebaum, Alyssa (Details)
- External
- Fessler, Pirmin (OeNB, Austria)
- Organization
- Department of Economics (Crespo Cuaresma) (Details)
- Department of Economics (Grisold) (Details)
- Economics of Inequality FI (Details)