From Conception to Kindergarten

OECD

doi:https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264059344-6-en

Doing Better for Children

Drawing on a wide range of data sources, this publication constructs and analyses different indicators of child well-being across the OECD. These indicators cover six key areas: material well‑being; housing and environment; education; health and safety; risk behaviours; and quality of school life. They show that no one OECD country performs well in all areas and that every OECD country can do more to improve children’s lives.

How much countries are spending on children and when is also closely considered, the first time such a comparative exercise has been undertaken across the OECD. Additional chapters offer detailed examinations of countries’ policies for children under age three, the impact of single parenthood on children and the effect of inequalities across generations. The publication concludes with broad policy recommendations for improving child well-being.

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From Conception to Kindergarten

This chapter explores in more detail the varying policy approaches taken by OECD countries to enhance child well-being during the very earliest part of the child’s life cycle. It covers children from the pre-natal period up until about age 3, outlining interventions with a child well-being focus that take place for mothers and children in the pre-natal, birth and post-natal periods. Public health and nutrition, child-care and education, and various tax and benefit policies are considered.

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