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| Title: | | Childcare costs and the demand for children: Evidence from a nationwide reform  |
| Authors: | | Mörk, Eva Sjögren, Anna Svaleryd, Helena |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Labour Markets 3210 |
| Abstract: | | Exploiting the exogenous variation in childcare costs caused by a Swedish childcare reform, we are able to identify the causal effect of childcare costs on fertility in a context in which childcare enrollment is almost universal, user fees are low, and the labor force participation of mothers is very high. Anticipation of a reduction in childcare costs increased the number of first births, but only seemed to affect the timing of second births. We find a negative income effect for families with children already enrolled in child care. |
| Subjects: | | childcare cost of children fertility quasi-experiment difference-in-differences |
| JEL: | | H31, J13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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