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Schilder, Diane; Sandstrom, Heather – Urban Institute, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented public health emergency that crippled the child care market in the United States. This crisis highlighted the essential role of the early care and education (ECE) workforce in the nation's economic stability and growth. The pandemic's disproportionate effect on Black, Hispanic, and Native American…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Bedard, Kelly; Dhuey, Elizabeth – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
During the past half-century, there has been a trend toward increasing the minimum age a child must reach before entering school in the United States. States have accomplished this by moving the school-entry cutoff date earlier in the school year. The evidence presented in this paper shows that these law changes increased human capital…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Educational Policy, Human Capital, Economic Impact