Partnered women’s labour supply and child care costs in Australia: measurement error and the child care price

We show that measurement error in the constructed price of child care can explain why previous Australian studies have found partnered women’s labour supply to be unresponsive to child care prices. Through improved data and improved construction of the child care price variable, we find child care price elasticities that are statistically significant, negative and in line with elasticities found in other developed countries.

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Year of publication:	2011-11
Authors:	Gong, Xiaodong ; Breuing, Robert ; King, Anthony
Institutions:	Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics
Subject:	Labour supply \| child care \| local area effects

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 652
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J30 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs. General ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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