I investigate the long-term effects of after-school childcare on children's human capital investment. I exploit the timing and intensity of an after-school care reform in the Netherlands, and build a 20-year panel with administrative data to track affected cohorts from childhood through adulthood. I find that university graduation rates increased by 8%, with the strongest impact among students from less educated families. This effect stems from higher after-school care use rather than maternal employment responses, highlighting childhood environment as the key mechanism. I consider three potential channels: improved skills, stronger preferences for university, and shifting beliefs about returns to university. I find evidence supporting changes in preferences and beliefs as the main drivers, rather than skills. I show that the reform increased exposure to peers from high-SES families in after-school care, potentially driving these changes.

Weinvestigate how information frictions affect the efficacy of contraception provision programs. We study a Costa-Rican initiative that combined two pillars: free access to long-acting-reversible contraceptives; and a tailored information campaign to raise awareness and correct for baseline misperceptions. Using administrative data and geographic variation in the initiative, we find a 16% decrease in the teen birth rate. We show information complements access: districts exposed to both pillars experience substantially larger reductions than those with contraception access alone. Using surveys on sexual behavior, we show the initiative shifted the information source from personal networks to healthcare professionals, amending misperceptions on sexual health.