Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/115499 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-569
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper discusses several approaches to examining the relationship between child care and mothers' labor supply. The focus is on child care for children aged 0-3, because this is a critical period for working mothers and their children and because most European and American households with children aged 3-5 already use child care centers. The paper provides data concerning availability of, government spending on, and quantity and quality standards for child care in different countries, then compares different approaches to the determinants of child care demand and labor supply. The paper subsequently reviews and compares empirical results regarding the impact of child care costs, availability and quality. Finally, the paper discusses different impacts across different groups and provides concluding remarks.
Subjects: 
Child care
Mothers'employment
Child development
JEL: 
J13
I2
H75
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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