-specific statutory labor income tax codes. We further evaluate the role of consumption taxes, gender and educational wage premia, and the …

the availability of childcare. We interpret availability broadly enough to include not only regular scheduled childcare … unanticipated childcare). Using two large datasets, the National Survey of Families and Households and the public use files of the U …

by their skill level and the role that costs play in their work decision. After reviewing government child-care programs …

than girls though the gender difference is not significant. The negative first-year effect is not mitigated to any great …

increased public financing for childcare. The optimality of public financing depends on a host of factors, such as the %u201 …Ccrowd-out%u201D of existing childcare arrangements, the impact on female labor supply, and the effects on child well …-being. The introduction of universal, highly-subsidized childcare in Quebec in the late 1990s provides an opportunity to address …