Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. This paper … quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time 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 …

provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. Our analyses notably incorporate the role … of grandparents as informal providers of childcare. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces the employment and … thought. Studying the implementation of a universal childcare program in the province of Quebec, we find that formal childcare …

-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

leave, state-funded childcare for young children, extended school hours, and individual taxation. For each, we provide a …

Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing … regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women …'s labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The effects of childcare …