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Childcare Before Age Three and Long-Term Academic Achievement: Evidence from a Lottery in Barcelona

We examine the long-term effects of early childcare using administrative data from Barcelona. In oversubscribed public childcare centers, seats are allocated by lottery among applicants with identical priority scores, generating random variation in access. We exploit this design to estimate the causal effect of admission to childcare before age three...

Presented by: Gabriel Facchini (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)

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SEN(D) and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from LSYPE1 with NPD

This paper studies the relationship between special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and educational attainment in England using a uniquely rich linked administrative–survey dataset. We combine the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE1) with the National Pupil Database (NPD) to follow pupils from Key Stage 2 to Key...

Presented by: Tanisha Mittal (Lancaster University)

Venue: 2N2.4.16