After-School care and parents' Labor supply
Journal
Labour Economics
ISSN
0927-5371
ISSN-Digital
1879-1034
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2016-10
Author(s)
Abstract
Does the provision of after-school care promote maternal employment and thus help to foster gender equality in labor supply? We address this question by exploiting variation in cantonal (state) regulations of after-school care provision in Switzerland. To establish exogeneity of cantonal regulations with respect to employment opportunities and preferences of the population, we restrict our analysis to confined regions along cantonal borders. While no impact of the after-school care provision on parental employment exists overall, we find a positive impact on the full-time employment of mothers.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Economic Policy
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher place
Amsterdam [u.a.]
Volume
42
Start page
64
End page
75
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
249405