Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2022
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 among lower-SES families. The treatment increases lower-SES mothers' full …