Article, 2014

Long-run benefits from universal high-quality preschooling

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, ISSN 1873-7706, 0885-2006, Volume 29, 4, Pages 457-470, 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.05.009

Contributors

Bauchmüller, Robert (Corresponding author) [1] Gørtz, Mette 0000-0002-9346-0625 [2] [3] Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz 0000-0003-2540-4178 [4]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Maastricht University
    2. [NORA names: Netherlands; Europe, EU; OECD];
  2. [2] Danish Center for Social Science Research
    3. [NORA names: VIVE The Danish Center for Social Science Research; Governmental Institutions; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [3] University of Copenhagen
    4. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  4. [4] Aarhus University
    5. [NORA names: AU Aarhus University; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of preschool quality for children's school performance at the end of primary school. We construct five structural quality indicators based on unique Danish administrative register data. 30,444 children finishing primary school's 9th grade in 2008 and who attended a formal preschool institution in 1998 are used in the analyses. OLS analyses show that three out of five quality indicators, a higher staff-per-child ratio, a higher share of male staff, and a higher share of staff with formal preschool teacher training are associated with significant improvements in children's test results in Danish. Boys benefit more from preschool quality than girls. Ethnic minority children benefit from higher staff stability.

Keywords

Danish, Danish administrative register data, OLS, OLS analysis, administrative register data, analysis, associated with significant improvements, benefits, boys, children, children's school performance, children's test results, data, ethnic minority children, girls, grade, improvement, indicators, institutions, long-run, long-run benefits, male, male staff, minority children, performance, preschool, preschool institutions, preschool quality, preschool teacher training, primary schools, quality, quality indicators, ratio, register data, results, school, school performance, significant improvement, stability, staff, staff stability, structural quality indicators, teacher training, test results, training

Data Provider: Digital Science

LINKS
-

Matching Records in NORA

SUBJECTS
+

METRICS
+