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Public School Access or Stay-at-Home Partner : Factors Mitigating the Adverse Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Academic Parents
Deryugina, Tatyana; Shurchkov, Olga; Stearns, Jenna - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic created unexpected and prolonged disruptions to childcare access. Using survey evidence on time …-based or partner-provided childcare mitigated the severe disruptions to research observed among parents during COVID-19. We … relative to fathers, narrowing the emerging post-pandemic gender gap. Having a stay-at-home partner reduced the disruptions to …
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The Gendered Impact of the Covid-19 Recession on the Us Labor Market
Albanesi, Stefania; Kim, Jiyeon - 2021
The economic crisis associated with the emergence of the novel corona virus is unlike standard recessions. Demand for workers in high contact and inflexible service occupations has declined, while parental supply of labor has been reduced by lack of access to reliable child care and in-person...
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The Impact of School and Childcare Closures on Labor Market Outcomes During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Garcia, Kairon Shayne; Cowan, Benjamin - 2022
A substantial fraction of schools and childcare facilities in the United States closed their in-person operations …, we examine the impact of school and childcare closures on parental labor market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In …-17 years old) and whether childcare closures affect parents of young children (age <5 years old) relative to others. Our …
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Family Proximity, Childcare, and Women's Labor Force Attachment
Compton, Janice - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117382
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Evidence from Maternity Leave Expansions of the Impact of Maternal Care on Early Child Development
Baker, Michael - 2008
We study the impact of maternal care on early child development using an expansion in Canadian maternity leave entitlements. Following the leave expansion, mothers who took leave spent between 48 and 58 percent more time not working in the first year of their children's lives. We find that this...
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Child Care and Mothers' Employment Decisions
Anderson, Patricia M.; Levine, Phillip B. - 2021
by their skill level and the role that costs play in their work decision. After reviewing government child-care programs …
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Public Preschool and Maternal Labor Supply : Evidence from the Introduction of Kindergartens into American Public Schools
Cascio, Elizabeth - 2021
Beginning in the mid-1960s, many state governments, particularly in the South and West, began to subsidize kindergartens for the first time. These initiatives generated wide variation across states over time in the supply of seats for five year olds in public schools. This paper uses the...
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Accidents Will Happen? Unintentional Injury, Maternal Employment, and Child Care Policy
Currie, Janet; Hotz, V. Joseph - 2021
In western countries, accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among children, far surpassing diseases as a health threat. We examine the effect of maternal employment and child care policy on rates of accidental injury using both micro data from the National Longitudinal Survey of...
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Child Care Subsidy Receipt, Employment, and Child Care Choices of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2021
This paper examines the impact of actual subsidy receipt of single mothers on their joint employment and child care mode decisions in the post-welfare reform environment, which places a high priority on parental choice with the quality and type of care chosen. Results indicate that single...
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Single Mothers Working at Night : Standard Work, Child Care Subsidies, and Implications for Welfare Reform
Tekin, Erdal - 2021
Using a data set from the post welfare reform environment (the 1999 National Survey of America's Families), this paper investigates the impact of child care subsidies on the standard work (i.e., work performed during the traditional work hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. through Monday and Friday)...
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