Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279131 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16433
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the impact of public child care on mothers' career trajectories, focusing on qualitative dimensions of career choices. Using an event study approach, we find that child care helps mothers to return to the labor market more quickly and that this effect is mainly due to an increase in part-time employment. At the same time, we find no short- or long-term effects of child care on the quality of maternal careers, as measured, for example, by employment stability, employment in occupations with abstract tasks, or employment in managerial positions. Furthermore, we find no evidence of heterogeneous effects across mothers.
Subjects: 
child care
maternal employment
career costs of children
women's careers
JEL: 
J08
J13
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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