Center-Based Care and Parenting Activities

Jonas Jessen, Katharina Spiess () and Sevrin Waights

No 1897, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: We estimate effects of center-based care on parenting activities using time use data for Germany. Our estimates imply that center-based care reduces the overall time that parents spend with the enrolled child, but has only small negative effects on time spent doing activities together. Correspondingly, center-based care increases activities as a share of the time spent together with the child. The overall effect is driven by households with lower maternal education. Our findings imply that child development effects of center-based care may be explained, not just by the institutional environment, but also by changes that occur within the home environment.

Keywords: Child care; Child development; Time use; Parenting investments; Day care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I21 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 p.
Date: 2020
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