One Billion Euro Program for Early Childcare Services in Italy

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In 2007 the Italian central government started a program by transferring funds to regional governments to develop both private and public early childcare services. Exploiting the different timing of program implementation across regions, we evaluate its effectiveness in boosting the public supply of early childhood educational services. We find that the ratio between the available slots in public early childhood education and the population of those aged 0-2 increased by 18.1% three years after the start of the program, with respect to the pre-program level. The program impact was however nil in the South and totally driven by the Center-North.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11689

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; National Government Expenditures and Education ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: General ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
• Subject: early childcare services ; public early childhood education ; government transfers ; difference-in-differences

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Giorgetti, Isabella ; Picchio, Matteo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/185149
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET