%0 Generic
%A Berlinski, S.
%A Galiani, S.
%C London, UK
%D 2004
%F discovery:2847
%I Institute for Fiscal Studies
%K JEL classification: I28, J13, O15
%N W04/30
%T The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2847/
%X We provide evidence on the impact of a large construction of pre-primary school  facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school  attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences  strategy where we combine differences across regions in the number of facilities built with  differences in exposure across cohorts induced by the timing of the program. We find a  sizeable impact of the program on pre-primary school participation among children aged  between 3 and 5. In fact, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of a full take-up of newly  constructed places. In addition, we find that the childcare subsidy induced by the program  increases maternal employment and that this effect is in line with the one previously found  for the US.