We estimate the causal effects of childcare availability on the maternal employment rate using prefecture panel data …: the employment rate of mothers in nuclear households increases with childcare availability, while that of mothers in three … decomposition indicates that the increase in childcare availability raised the maternal employment rate by about two percentage …

We estimate the causal effects of childcare availability on the maternal employment rate using prefecture panel data … fixed effects, without which the estimates can be severely biased upward. Contrary to popular belief, childcare availability … because households shift from using informal childcare provided by grandparents to the accredited childcare service, as more …

We estimate the causal effects of childcare availability on the maternal employment rate using prefecture panel data … fixed effects, without which the estimates can be severely biased upward. Contrary to popular belief, childcare availability … because households shift from using informal childcare provided by grandparents to the accredited childcare service, as more …

1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time and part-time work …

Previous studies report a range of estimates for the response of female labor supply and childcare attendance to … childcare prices. We shed new light on these questions using a policy reform that raises the price of public daycare. After the … effects on older siblings and fertility decisions show that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family …

bucket". We analyze the MECR of an income-contingent childcare subsidy program and the income tax within the German context …, using a dynamic structural heterogeneous-household model of childcare demand and maternal labor supply. This allows us to … forces. (i) Labor supply responses increase the MECR of the childcare subsidy relative to the income tax. (ii) Child …

1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time and part-time work …

-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …