Artikel

Do childcare policies increase maternal employment?

Women’s labor force participation has rapidly increased in most countries, but mothers still struggle to achieve a satisfactory work−life balance. Childcare allows the primary caregiver, usually the mother, to take time away from childrearing for employment. Family policies that subsidize childcare and increase its availability have different effects on female labor supply across countries. For policymakers to determine how well these policies work, they should consider that policy effectiveness may depend on country-specific pre-reform female employment and earnings, and childcare availability, costs, and quality.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics Policies
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Thema
childcare availability and subsidies
quality
formal and informal child care
maternal employment
female labor force participation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Vuri, Daniela
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.241
Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Vuri, Daniela
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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