Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33311 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1908
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We develop and estimate a structural model of labour supply for British two parent families, taking explicit account of the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not increase their working hours when hourly wages increase, indeed, they are more likely to reduce their hours. The major inducement for working mothers to increase their working hours, that we find, is the provision of high quality formal childcare. Implying that government policy aiming at increasing working hours amongst British mothers of pre-school children may need to focus on the quality as well as the quantity of formal child care that is available.
Subjects: 
mothers
Britain
childcare
parents labour supply
JEL: 
J2
J3
J80
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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