During the period analysed here, the government introduced a new subsidy for the poorest 2-year-olds in some pilot areas of the country (Smith et al. 2009). This intervention was also made available in the term after the child’s birthday, so positive effects might be confounding the ...
Almost 90% of four‐year olds across the OECD are enrolled in Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs2 and New Zealand (NZ) has one of the highest childcare participation rates, with more than 95% of 3‐ and 4‐year‐old children enrolled; most attend six hours a day, 3–4 days a ...
Baroness Cathy Ashton, Minister for Sure Start, an initiative to improve childcare, says: "Since 1998 we have created childcare places for nearly 1.1 million children, guaranteed free nursery education for all four-year-olds and an increasing number of three-year-olds and set up over 400 local...
This offer applies to eligible working parents claiming Universal Credit in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has its own arrangements. You can qualify if your child is 17 and under. Parents need to be working or fall under one of the allowable exceptions. This offer enables parents...
Table 1 Care arrangements of 0–4 year olds in Australia from 2005–2017 Full size table 5.3 Variables 5.3.1 Childcare use The dependent variable in the analysis is the consumption of formal childcare. Within HILDA, there are 16 options for employment-related childcare for not yet at school ...