Early childhood education

In this chapter, various elements to consider when analysing the impacts of early childhood education are discussed. It does not aim to provide a literature review, but rather to serve as a starting point that helps the reader delve deeper into the analysis and evaluation, particularly of the impact...

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Autores: Choi de Mendizabal, Álvaro Borja, Sicilia Suárez, Gabriela|||0000-0002-1078-7762
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:324707
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/324707
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/978-3-031-90911-5_9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cognitive development
Socio-emotional skills
Early childhood education
Education policy
Human capital
Inequality reduction
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Sumario:In this chapter, various elements to consider when analysing the impacts of early childhood education are discussed. It does not aim to provide a literature review, but rather to serve as a starting point that helps the reader delve deeper into the analysis and evaluation, particularly of the impact, of early childhood education. To this end, a brief overview of the recent evolution of child schooling in the OECD countries is provided, along with the theoretical framework of early childhood education production and the family decision-making process, which underpins most impact evaluations. Finally, different empirical approaches to impact evaluation of early childhood education-experimental and quasi-experimental-are described, highlighting some key factors to consider when conducting these types of evaluations in practice.