quality of these data. This paper investigates whether the secondary childcare questions in the ATUS are measuring the stated … construct alternative estimates that exclude time spent in secondary childcare that is inconsistent with other data collected … during the interview and find that the ATUS measure overestimates secondary childcare by at most 5 percent or about 16 …

What would be the aggregate effects of adopting a more generous and universal childcare subsidy program in the U.S.? We … largest at the bottom of the skill distribution. Fully subsidized childcare available to all households leads to long … households in fertility and childcare expenditures. …

This paper organizes and synthesizes the literature on early childhood education and childcare. In it, we go beyond …

lapses in implicit childcare−provide a unifying explanation for these patterns. The summer drop in female employment aligns …, and coincides with increased time spent engaging in childcare. Decomposing the gender gap in summer work interruptions … and gender differences within jobs in the propensity to exit employment over the summer. Summer childcare constraints may …