Effects of subsidized childcare on mothers’ labor supply under a rationing mechanism

Autor:	Yukiko Asai, Shintaro Yamaguchi, Ryo Kambayashi
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Economics and Econometrics Labour economics Negatively associated 0502 economics and business 05 social sciences Rationing Economics Subsidy Treatment effect 050207 economics Preferential treatment 050205 econometrics
Zdroj:	Labour Economics. 55:1-17
ISSN:	0927-5371
DOI:	10.1016/j.labeco.2018.09.002
Popis:	We estimate the marginal treatment effect of childcare use on mothers' labor market outcomes by exploiting a staggered childcare expansion across regions in Japan. The estimates show that the treatment effect is negatively associated with propensity to use childcare, which implies that mothers who increase their labor supply more are less likely to use childcare. Negative selection into treatment arises, because the childcare rationing rule gives preferential treatment to mothers working full-time before childcare application. These mothers are strongly attached to the labor market and likely to work regardless of the availability of subsidized childcare.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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