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dc.contributor.authorHavnes, Tarjeien
dc.contributor.authorMogstad, Magneen
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-07-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:06:02Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:06:02Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36097-
dc.description.abstractThe strong correlation between child care and maternal employment rates has led previous research to conclude that affordable and readily available child care is a driving force both of cross-country differences in maternal employment and of its rapid growth over the last decades. We analyze the introduction of subsidized, universally accessible child care in Norway. Our precise and robust difference-in-differences estimates reveal that there is little, if any, causal effect of child care on maternal employment, despite a strong correlation. Instead of increasing mothers' labor supply, the new subsidized child care mostly crowds out informal child care arrangements, suggesting a significant net cost of the child care subsidies.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4504en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelH40en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUniversal child careen
dc.subject.keywordfemale labor force participationen
dc.subject.stwKinderbetreuungen
dc.subject.stwFrauenerwerbstätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwMütteren
dc.subject.stwNorwegenen
dc.titleMoney for nothing? Universal child care and maternal employment-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn614384222en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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