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Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development
Berlinski, Samuel; Ferreyra, Maria Marta; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2020
We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price,...
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Life-cycle and intergenerational effects of child care reforms
Chan, Marc K.; Liu, Kai - In: Quantitative Economics 9 (2018) 2, pp. 659-706
employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A dynamic structural model of … employment, fertility, and child care use is estimated using Norwegian administrative data. The estimation exploits a large … that the reform generates sizable changes in employment and fertility decisions, especially among low-education women. We …
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Effects of parental leave policies on female career and fertility choices
Yamaguchi, Shintaro - In: Quantitative Economics 10 (2019) 3, pp. 1195-1232
This paper constructs and estimates a dynamic discrete choice structural model of female employment and fertility … effects of cash benefits seem modest. Overall, parental leave policies have little effect on fertility. …
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School Schedule and the Gender Pay Gap
Duchini, Emma; Van Effenterre, Clémentine - 2020
We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
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The effects of child care subsidies on paid child care participation and labor market outcomes: Evidence from the child and dependent care credit
Pepin, Gabrielle - 2020
The Child and Dependent Care Credit (CDCC), a tax credit based on taxpayers' income and child care expenses, reduces families' child care costs. The nonrefundable federal CDCC is available to working families with children younger than 13 years old in all states, and nearly half of states...
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The earned income tax credit and maternal time use: More time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable sums investing in their children's development, with their own time among the most important forms of investment. Given well-documented effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on maternal labor supply, it is natural to ask how the EITC affects other time...
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Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark
Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; Søgaard, … - 2018
Despite considerable gender convergence over time, substantial gender inequality persists in all countries. Using Danish administrative data from 1980-2013 and an event study approach, we show that most of the remaining gender inequality in earnings is due to children. The arrival of children...
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Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice
Gørtz, Mette; Sander, Sarah; Sevilla, Almudena - 2020
This paper studies the relative labor market outcomes of grandmothers in comparison to grandfathers before and after the arrival of the first grandchild using Danish administrative data and an event study approach. We find that women's labor market outcomes decline at a steeper rate than men's...
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Child care markets, parental labor supply, and child development
Berlinski, Samuel G.; Ferreira, María M.; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2020
We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604841
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The EITC and maternal time use: More time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable time and resources investing in their children's development. Given evidence that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects maternal labor supply, we investigate how the EITC affects a broad array of time-use activities, focusing on the amount and nature of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614266