As the importance of early childhood investments has become increasingly well understood, more and more interventions seek to improve parental engagement with their children. These interventions most often target mothers. But what about fathers? How much do they do for children in early childhood, and how effective have efforts been to help them do more? In a new review, we … [Read more...] about What Do Fathers Do? Five Findings on the Role of Fathers in Early Childhood
Pamela Jakiela
Pamela Jakiela is an associate professor of economics at Williams College and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. Her current work includes research on women’s labor force participation and occupational choice, the gender dynamics of investments in early childhood, preference elicitation techniques appropriate for low-income settings, and active labor market interventions in low-income countries. She received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 2008, and she also holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Childcare Is Good for Mothers, and It’s Good for Kids, Too
Programs that provide care for children are good for women’s economic activity. More than 95 percent of studies in low—and middle-income countries show this, and studies in high-income countries show a similar pattern. For example, providing preschool in Argentina boosted mothers’ full-time employment. Providing daycare in Brazil boosted mothers’ work in the city of Sao Paulo … [Read more...] about Childcare Is Good for Mothers, and It’s Good for Kids, Too