Child Development
Volume 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2140-2150

Child Care Subsidies and the School Readiness of Children of Immigrants (Article)

Johnson A.D.* , Han W..-J. , Ruhm C.J. , Waldfogel J.
  • a Georgetown University, United States
  • b New York University, United States
  • c University of Virginia, United States
  • d Columbia University, United States

Abstract

This study is the first to test whether receipt of a federal child care subsidy is associated with children of immigrants' school readiness skills. Using nationally representative data (n ≈ 2,900), this study estimates the associations between subsidy receipt at age 4 and kindergarten cognitive and social outcomes, for children of immigrant versus native-born parents. Among children of immigrants, subsidized center-based care (vs. subsidized and unsubsidized home-based care) was positively linked with reading. Among children of native-born parents, those in subsidized center care displayed poorer math skills than those in unsubsidized centers, and more externalizing problems than those in unsubsidized home-based care. Child Development © 2014 The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

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education longitudinal study economics physiology human Longitudinal Studies Schools child behavior ethnology financial management United States reading migrant Humans male Emigrants and Immigrants mathematics preschool child female Child, Preschool school Financing, Government Child Development child care
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84912127431&doi=10.1111%2fcdev.12285&partnerID=40&md5=2b9c9e4a2ad969e887ede370b74f87bd
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12285
ISSN: 00093920
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English