Asai, Yukiko; Kambayashi, Ryo; Tanaka, Atsuko; … - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2014
We estimate the causal effects of childcare availability on the maternal employment rate using prefecture panel data constructed from the Japanese quinquennial census 1990-2010. We depart from previous contributions by controlling for prefecture fixed effects, without which the estimates can be...