Public Preschool and Maternal Labor Supply: Evidence from the Introduction of Kindergartens into American Public Schools

Elizabeth Cascio

NBER Working Paper No. 12179
Issued in May 2006

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This paper has benefited from the comments of Hilary Hoynes, Ethan Lewis, Ann Huff Stevens, and participants at the Second Annual UKCPR Small Grants Conference. This project was supported with a grant from the UK Center for Poverty Research through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, grant number 5 ASPE417-02. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of the UKCPR or any agency of the Federal government. Cascio is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California Davis and Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (mailing address: One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8578; email: eucascio@ucdavis.edu).

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