Research: Universal Care Hurt Quebec’s Kids
Many American parents, politicians, and nonprofits are agitating for universal child care. But a policy experiment north of the border suggests that opening daycare doors to everyone may do more harm than good. Six years after the Quebec provincial government began offering universal $5-a-day child care, families were faring worse than before, find University of Toronto economist Michael Baker and his colleagues in a recent evaluation.
The researchers’ findings defy collective wisdom, which says that universal care is good for both children and parents. As Baker points out, however, most studies examine how child care helps at-risk children, such as…
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