Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58871 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6541
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on both parental and student outcomes. We find very small and statistically insignificant effects of childcare subsidies on childcare utilization and parental labor force participation. Despite this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic aptitude.
Subjects: 
education
income subsidy
child care
JEL: 
I1
J1
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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