Revising Our Thinking about the Relationship between Maternal Labor Supply and Preschool
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| Title: | Revising Our Thinking about the Relationship between Maternal Labor Supply and Preschool |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Fitzpatrick, Maria Donovan |
| Source: | Journal of Human Resources. Sum 2012 47(3):583-612. |
| Availability: | University of Wisconsin Press. 1930 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711-2059. Tel: 608-263-0668; Fax: 608-263-1173; e-mail: journals@uwpress.wisc.edu; Web site: http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Mothers, Labor Force, Labor Supply, Employed Women, Child Care, One Parent Family, Financial Support, Costs, Grants, Census Figures, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, Evidence, Public Schools |
| ISSN: | 0022-166X |
| Abstract: | Many argue that childcare costs limit the labor supply of mothers, though existing evidence has been mixed. Using a child's eligibility for public kindergarten in a regression discontinuity instrumental variables framework, I estimate how use of a particular subsidy, public school, affects maternal labor supply. I find public school enrollment increases only the employment of single mothers without additional young children. I compare this result to previous work, focusing on striking increases in a similar setting but earlier period (Gelabch 2002). Differences in the population of mothers, labor supply, and patterns of lifecycle events likely drive the discrepancy in results. (Contains 10 tables and 16 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 16 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Access URL: | https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/583.abstract |
| Accession Number: | EJ983150 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Many argue that childcare costs limit the labor supply of mothers, though existing evidence has been mixed. Using a child's eligibility for public kindergarten in a regression discontinuity instrumental variables framework, I estimate how use of a particular subsidy, public school, affects maternal labor supply. I find public school enrollment increases only the employment of single mothers without additional young children. I compare this result to previous work, focusing on striking increases in a similar setting but earlier period (Gelabch 2002). Differences in the population of mothers, labor supply, and patterns of lifecycle events likely drive the discrepancy in results. (Contains 10 tables and 16 footnotes.) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-166X |
