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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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COVID-19 and Income Inequality : Evidence from Monthly Population Registers

Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2021

We measure the distributional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using newly released population register data in Sweden. Monthly earnings inequality increased during the pandemic, and the key driver is income losses among low-paid individuals while middle- and high-income earners were almost...

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The Economic Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden : A Report on Income, Taxes, Distribution, and Government Support Policies

Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023

This report analyses the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and support policies using underutilized …

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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 … with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental … sizeable for families with children …

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Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Daysal, N. Meltem; Snaebjorn … - 2023

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate … diagnoses among Danish children with register data for affected and matched unaffected families. Parental income declines …, importantly, do not generate work disincentive effects. The pattern of results is most consistent with the idea that parents …

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Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension Across Generations : Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes

Kaufmann, Katja; Özdemir, Yasemin; Ye, Han - 2022

causes adult daughters with young children to work half an hour less. Daughters without children, with older children and … penalty. Test score effects are positive for children aged 4-7 (substitution from grandparental to maternal care), and … negative for children aged 11-12 (substitution from grandparental to formal childcare) …

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Fertility and Family Labor Supply

Jakobsen, Katrine Marie; Jørgensen, Thomas; Low, Hamish - 2022

We study the role of fertility adjustments for the labor market responsiveness of men and women. First, we use longitudinal Danish register data and tax reforms from 2009 to provide new empirical evidence on asymmetric fertility adjustments to tax changes of men and women. Second, we quantify...

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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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The Impact of Gender Role Norms on Mothers' Labor Supply

Cavapozzi, Danilo; Francesconi, Marco; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2021

information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads …

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The Effect of Unfair Chances and Gender Discrimination on Labor Supply

Gagnon, Nickolas - 2020

Labor market opportunities and wages may be unfair for various reasons, and how workers respond to different types of unfairness can have major economic consequences. Using an online labor platform, where workers engage in an individual task for a piece-rate wage, we investigate the causal...

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