Who uses early childhood education and care services? Comparing socioeconomic selection across five western policy contexts
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Who uses early childhood education and care services? Comparing socioeconomic selection across five western policy contexts
Growing evidence suggests that children’s participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC), especially center-based services, is associated with positive outcomes, particularly for children over one year of age and children of low socioeconomic backgrounds. This signals an important opportunity for reducing socioeconomic disparities in young children’s development. Many western countr...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2288-6729
DOI: 10.1186/s40723-017-0028-8