The educational and labor market returns to preschool attendance in Austria.

Autor/inn/en	Fessler, Pirmin; Schneebaum, Alyssa
Titel	The educational and labor market returns to preschool attendance in Austria. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss des Vorschulbesuchs auf Bildungs- und Berufserfolg in Österreich.
Quelle	In: Applied economics, 51 (2019) 32, S. 3531-3550 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-6846; 1466-4283
DOI	10.1080/00036846.2019.1584368
Schlagwörter	Europäisches Haushaltspanel; Bildungsertrag; Kindergarten; Vorschule; Bildungsabschluss; Berufserfolg; Benachteiligung; Österreich
Abstract	"Preschool attendance is widely recognized as a key ingredient for later socioeconomic success, mothers' labor market participation, and leveling the playing field for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. However, the empirical evidence for these claims is still relatively scarce, particularly in Europe. Using data from the 2011 Austrian European Union Statistics of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), we contribute to this literature by studying the effects of having attended preschool for the adult Austrian population. We find strong and positive effects of preschool attendance on later educational attainment, the probability of working full time, hourly wages, and the probability that the mother is in the labor market. Full time workers at the bottom and the top of the distribution benefit less than those in the middle. Women in particular benefit more in terms of years of schooling and the probability of working full time. Other disadvantaged groups (second generation migrants; people with less educated parents) also often benefit more in terms of education and work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/4