estimate the effects of child care costs on parents’ labour supply. The reform introduced a cap on the price that local … governments could charge parents, and lead to considerable reductions in the price of child care depending on family type and …

Women account for the majority of parental leave take-up, which is likely one of the major reasons for the gender gap … in income and wages. Consequently, many countries exert effort to promote a more gender equal division of parental leave …. Indeed, the last decades have seen an increase in fathers’ take-up of parental leave benefits, but the gender earnings gap …