Finland has the largest cash benefit for parental care and lowest use of daycare, and also has the best outcomes in the world for high school academic results on OECD PISA tests.
Read about the different Nordic funding schemes in this April 2012 research paper from University of Oslo in Norway, “Cash for Childcare: Experiences from Finland, Norway and Sweden” by Dr Anne Lise Elligsaeter
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