Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles

The authors study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the contex...

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Main Authors: Berlinski, Samuel, Galiani, Sebastian, Manacorda, Marco
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7680908/giving-children-better-start-preschool-attendance-school-age-profiles
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spelling okr-10986-70982021-04-23T14:02:33Z Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles Berlinski, Samuel Galiani, Sebastian Manacorda, Marco ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES ACADEMIC SKILLS ADULT LITERACY AGE GROUPS ATTENDANCE RATES ATTENTION AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AVERAGE LEVEL OF EDUCATION BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS BIRTH ORDER CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE STIMULATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOLING COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CYCLE CONDITIONING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS EARLY EDUCATION EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATORS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FIRST GRADE GENDER GIRLS GRADE REPETITION GRADE RETENTION HEAD START HIGH SCHOOL INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTENS LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LIFE CYCLE LITERACY RATES MOTIVATION NUTRITION PARENTAL EDUCATION PREPRIMARY EDUCATION PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL TEACHERS PRESCHOOL YEARS PRESCHOOLS PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING RECALL RECOGNITION REPEATERS REPETITION RATES RETENTION RATES SCHOOL DROP SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FAILURE SCHOOL LIFE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOL-AGE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL DEVELOPMENT SOCIALIZATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEENAGERS UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING YOUNG CHILDREN The authors study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in the supply of pre-primary places. Using a within household estimator, they find small gains from preschool attendance at early ages that magnify as children grow up. By age 15, treated children have accumulated 0.8 extra years of education and are 27 percentage points more likely to be in school compared with their untreated siblings. Instrumental variables estimates that control for nonrandom selection of siblings into preschool lead to similar results. The authors speculate that early grade repetition harms subsequent school progression and that pre-primary education appears as a successful policy option to prevent early grade failure and its long lasting consequences. 2012-06-05T14:50:39Z 2012-06-05T14:50:39Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7680908/giving-children-better-start-preschool-attendance-school-age-profiles http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7098 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4240 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Uruguay
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topic ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES
ACADEMIC SKILLS
ADULT LITERACY
AGE GROUPS
ATTENDANCE RATES
ATTENTION
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
AVERAGE LEVEL OF EDUCATION
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
BIRTH ORDER
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE STIMULATION
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CYCLE
CONDITIONING
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
EARLY EDUCATION
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATED PARENTS
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS
EDUCATORS
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
FIRST GRADE
GENDER
GIRLS
GRADE REPETITION
GRADE RETENTION
HEAD START
HIGH SCHOOL
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
KINDERGARTEN
KINDERGARTENS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEARNING
LIFE CYCLE
LITERACY RATES
MOTIVATION
NUTRITION
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL TEACHERS
PRESCHOOL YEARS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY CYCLE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RECALL
RECOGNITION
REPEATERS
REPETITION RATES
RETENTION RATES
SCHOOL DROP
SCHOOL ENROLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FAILURE
SCHOOL LIFE
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOL-AGE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIALIZATION
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEENAGERS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES
ACADEMIC SKILLS
ADULT LITERACY
AGE GROUPS
ATTENDANCE RATES
ATTENTION
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
AVERAGE LEVEL OF EDUCATION
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
BIRTH ORDER
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE STIMULATION
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING CYCLE
CONDITIONING
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
EARLY EDUCATION
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATED PARENTS
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS
EDUCATORS
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
FIRST GRADE
GENDER
GIRLS
GRADE REPETITION
GRADE RETENTION
HEAD START
HIGH SCHOOL
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
KINDERGARTEN
KINDERGARTENS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEARNING
LIFE CYCLE
LITERACY RATES
MOTIVATION
NUTRITION
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL TEACHERS
PRESCHOOL YEARS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY CYCLE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RECALL
RECOGNITION
REPEATERS
REPETITION RATES
RETENTION RATES
SCHOOL DROP
SCHOOL ENROLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FAILURE
SCHOOL LIFE
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOL-AGE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIALIZATION
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEENAGERS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING
YOUNG CHILDREN
Berlinski, Samuel
Galiani, Sebastian
Manacorda, Marco
Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Uruguay
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4240
description The authors study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in the supply of pre-primary places. Using a within household estimator, they find small gains from preschool attendance at early ages that magnify as children grow up. By age 15, treated children have accumulated 0.8 extra years of education and are 27 percentage points more likely to be in school compared with their untreated siblings. Instrumental variables estimates that control for nonrandom selection of siblings into preschool lead to similar results. The authors speculate that early grade repetition harms subsequent school progression and that pre-primary education appears as a successful policy option to prevent early grade failure and its long lasting consequences.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Berlinski, Samuel
Galiani, Sebastian
Manacorda, Marco
author_facet Berlinski, Samuel
Galiani, Sebastian
Manacorda, Marco
author_sort Berlinski, Samuel
title Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
title_short Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
title_full Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
title_fullStr Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
title_full_unstemmed Giving Children a Better Start : Preschool Attendance and School-Age Profiles
title_sort giving children a better start : preschool attendance and school-age profiles
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7680908/giving-children-better-start-preschool-attendance-school-age-profiles
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7098
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