ABSTRACT

Early childhood interventions are high on the social policy agenda. Yet their impact on disciplining practices is scarce. This paper examines how early childhood interventions affect disciplining methods in Colombia, where poor households are eligible for different social programmes based on a proxy means index. Using a regression discontinuity design, I found that benefiting on a larger extent of childcare, nutritional programmes and health checks, decreases parents’ use of physical disciplining. Using a different data set and through a propensity score matching, I show that mothers of children exposed longer to a child care service use more often non-physical methods.

摘要

儿童早期干预在社会政策议程中占据重要位置。然而，它们对纪律实践的影响却很少。本文研究了早期儿童干预措施如何影响哥伦比亚的纪律处分方法，哥伦比亚的贫困家庭根据代理人均数指数有资格参加不同的社会计划。使用回归间断设计，我发现在更大范围的育儿，营养计划和健康检查中受益，会减少父母对身体训练的使用。通过使用不同的数据集并通过倾向得分匹配，我表明，在儿童保育服务时间较长的儿童中，母亲使用非身体方法的频率更高。