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Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, Before and During COVID-19

Boca, Daniela Del - 2020

Using new survey data collected in April 2020 from a representative sample of Italian women, we analyse jointly the effect of COVID-19 on the working arrangements, housework and childcare of couples where both partners work. ties. According to our empirical estimates, changes to the amount of...

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Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply

Kunze, Astrid - 2019

In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in...

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Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-Ses Mothers : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2023

We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...

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Mothers' Care : Reversing Early Childhood Health Shocks Through Parental Investments

Bellés-Obrero, Cristina - 2019

We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son’s of affected parents at delivery. Yet, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are...

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Parental Time Restrictions and the Cost of Children : Insights from a Survey Among Mothers

Borah, Melanie - 2019

In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental time restrictions. Building on a study by Koulovatianos et al. (2009) that introduces a novel way of using subjective income evaluation data for such estimations, we conduct a...

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The Effect of Child Care Costs on Gender Inequality

Casarico, Alessandra; Del Rey, Elena; Silva, José Ignacio - 2022

We develop a model to study the impact on gender gaps in participation and wages of a liquidity constraint that prevents some households from paying child care. We show that this liquidity constraint generates an inefficiency and amplifies gender gaps in the labour market. In this framework, an...

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Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes bei bedarfsgerechtem Ausbau frühkindlicher Kindertagesbetreuung : eine Mikrosimulationsstudie

Beninger, Denis; Bonin, Holger; Horstschräer, Julia; … - 2010

Arbeitsangebots, den Umfang externer Betreuung und die Intensität der Kinderbetreuung in der Familie entscheiden. Simulationen auf … Grundlage der geschätzten Modellparameter ergeben, dass ein Betreuungsgeld das Arbeitsangebot und die Nachfrage nach externen … umgekehrte Richtung. Im Gesamteffekt beider Maßnahmen fallen sowohl das Arbeitsangebot als auch die Inanspruchnahme von Betreuung …

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Determinants of child care participation

Coneus, Katja (contributor); Göggel, Kathrin (contributor); … - 2007

When estimating the determinants of child care participation, the simultaneity in mothers' decision to work and in the decision to use child care is a major challenge. In this study, we provide evidence on the determinants of institutional child care use accounting for the endogeneity of...

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A flying start? : maternity leave benefits and long-run outcomes of children

Carneiro, Pedro; Løken, Katrine V.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - In: Journal of political economy 123 (2015) 2, pp. 365-412

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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe

Del Boca, Daniela; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022

The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...

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