Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265888 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 708
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
Successive reports have put childcare costs in Ireland at among the highest in the OECD. In this paper, we investigate the usage and cost of childcare in Ireland, profiling those experiencing high childcare costs by income quintile; family type and number and age of children. We show how the National Childcare Scheme is likely to improve the affordability of childcare in Ireland while pointing out features of the scheme that may disincentivise work. Lastly, we simulate a number of reforms to the National Childcare Scheme, showing how affordability and incentives to work are likely to be affected by the alteration of specific parameters of the subsidy.
Subjects: 
childcare affordability
National Childcare Scheme
work incentives
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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