We study the Becker and Lewis (1973) quantity quality model of children adding an explicit child care time constraint for parents. They can purchase day care or take care of the children themselves. Our results are: (i) If there is a combination of purchased and own care, the effect of income on...

Public employment growth has been paralleled by increased female labor force participation, while real wages for typical female public sector occupations have not increased. In a theoretical model we, first, show that there is a trade-off between day care provision and gross wages for...