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Can Parents Afford to Work? : Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives
Immervoll, Herwig - 2005
conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But … centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees … charged by childcare providers as well as childcare-related tax concessions and cash benefits available to parents. Building …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446278
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The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies
Karademir, Sencer; Laliberté, Jean-William P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare … earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a universal childcare program in Quebec, we find formal childcare … and the pre-policy supply of informal childcare by grandmothers …
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Early Maternal Employment and Child Development in Five OECD Countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2011
More mothers with young children are in paid work than in the past. There is a long-running debate on possible negative effects of maternal employment on child development. For the first time, this paper presents an initial comparative analysis of longitudinal data on maternal employment...
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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities
Del Boca, Daniela - 2015
childcare. This trend has raised concerns, and an intense debate in several countries has focused on the effectiveness of … childcare policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430563
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From housewives to employees? : how mandatory kindergarten affects mothers' labour supply in Switzerland
Gangl, Selina; Huber, Martin - 2019
We analyse the effect of a mandatory kindergarten for four-year-old children on mothers' labour supply in Switzerland. Since education policy is regulated on a federal level, we exploit spatial variation as well as staggered implementation. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314723
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Die Akzeptanzanalysen : staatliche Familienleistungen aus Sicht der Bevölkerung
Haumann, Wilhelm - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 1, pp. 101-120
Im Rahmen der Gesamtevaluation der familienbezogenen Leistungen untersuchte das Allensbacher Institut mit zwei Akzeptanzanalysen 2010 und 2011 die Bekanntheit und die Bewertung von 16 staatlichen Leistungen zur Familienförderung sowie die Muster der Inanspruchnahme. Die qualitativen und...
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Paying Moms to Stay Home : Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children
Gruber, Jonathan; Kosonen, Tuomas; Huttunen, Kristiina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the impacts of a policy designed to reward mothers who stay at home rather than join the labor force when their children are under age three. We use regional and over time variation to show that the Finnish Home Care Allowance (HCA) decreases maternal employment in both the short and...
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Unconditional Cash Transfers for Families with Children in the U.S : A Scoping Review
Shah, Hema; Gennetian, Lisa A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn primarily from studies of in-kind benefits, tax...
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Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants : Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S
Gennetian, Lisa A.; Duncan, Greg J.; Fox, Nathan A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, maternal labor supply, infants' time in childcare, or mothers' subjective well-being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362033
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Can Parents Afford to Work?: Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives
Immervoll, Herwig; Barber, David - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2005
conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But … centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees … charged by childcare providers as well as childcare-related tax concessions and cash benefits available to parents. Building …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962711