126466 20241125101153.0 doi 10.1007/s10643-023-01494-8 sideral 133837 ART-2023-133837 eng Villar Aldonza, Adriano Factors explaining the schooling of children under 3 years of age: evidence from Spain 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This study investigates the reasons behind the decision to send children aged under three to ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) and the causes that may explain why some families send their child to ECEC once they reach the age of two while others decide to do so at an earlier age. To answer the first question posed a probit model is used, while to answer the second query a Heckprobit model is estimated to take into account possible selection bias. The data for this study was taken from an unpublished database compiled by the Spanish National Institute for Educational Evaluation, which gathers information from 1.166 children schooled in the Infant Education stage. The results of our estimations show that the decision to enroll children under three in ECEC services depends fundamentally on the sociodemographic characteristics of the mother (educational level, employment situation and age), on household size (if it is a large family) and on the availability of ECEC services in the area in which the child lives. Our study has also shown that the only variable regarding factors that explain the differences in the age of access to ECEC services, two or under two, is the importance that parents place on their children developing empathy towards others. On the basis of our results, the study offers recommendations aimed at the progressive universalization of this initial educational stage. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S23-20R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.3 2023 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 156 / 760 = 0.205 2023 Q1 T1 0.964 2023 Education 2023 Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology 2023 Q2 5.3 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Mancebón, María Jesús Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9111-0461 Gómez Sancho, José María Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3898-8889 4014 225 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Economía Aplicada 52 (2023), 1071–1082 Early child. educ. j. Early Childhood Education Journal 1082-3301 826909 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126466/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2368232 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126466/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:126466 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:07:52 ARTICLE