This report is part of the Equal Access Study, a cross-country comparative research project
on the problem of equal access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) 1 in Canada …

This article focuses on the early years of children from immigrant families in Germany.
Research has documented disparities in young children's development correlating with their …

Previous research has found that ethnic educational inequalities arise even before children
enroll in primary school. It has been shown that especially for migrants, early participation in …

This chapter argues that taking into account different levels of regional and local institutional
variations within a county may have great potential for generating new insights on the …

Out-of-home childcare is now commonplace. Numerous studies have shown that the quality
of interaction between child and educator is decisive for child development. As part of the …

Die Gründe, die für oder gegen den Besuch einer Krippe genannt werden, erweisen sich als
vielfältig. Konzentrierten sich bisherige Untersuchungen meist auf den Zusammenhang …

Although there are many studies on the use of childcare, most German research has
focused on the role of socio-economic factors such as parents' level of education, household …

English The use of non-family child care in the first three years is constantly on the increase.
One in three children are cared for in institutional or family-based child care. Empirical …

Mit altersgruppenbezogenen Rechtsansprüchen auf Kindertagesförderung wird im
deutschen Sozialstaat ein universeller Ansatz verfolgt. Insbesondere Kindern aus …

Das deutsche Früherziehungssystem, vornehmlich für Kinder unter drei Jahren, hat sich in
den letzten Jahren einem deutlichen Wandel unterzogen, der sich auch in der gestiegenen …