Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197663 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2018:11
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
We analyze how access to childcare affects health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. For 4-5 year olds, we find an immediate increase in infection-related hospitalization, when these children first get access to childcare. We find no effect on younger children. When children are 10-11 years of age, children who did not have access to childcare when parents were unemployed are more likely to take medication for respiratory conditions. Taken together, our results thus suggest that access to childcare exposes children to risks for infections, but that need for medication in school age is lower for children who had access.
Subjects: 
Childcare
Child health
Unemployment
Quasi-experiment
JEL: 
I14
J13
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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