Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Michihito Ando, Hiroaki Mori and Shintaro Yamaguchi

No 2218, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

Abstract: The evidence for the effects of early childhood education on risky behavior in adolescence is limited. This paper studies the consequences of a reform of a large-scale universal kindergarten program in Japan. Exploiting a staggered expansion of kindergartens across regions, we estimate the effects of the reform using an event study model. Our estimates indicate that the reform significantly reduced juvenile violent arrests and the rate of teenage pregnancy, but we do not find that the reform increased the high school enrolment rate. We suspect that improved non-cognitive skills can account for the reduction of risky behavior in adolescence.

Keywords: early childhood education; crime; teenage pregnancy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I20 I28 J13 J24 K40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-09
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