Cheaper childcare, more children * By
| Title: | Cheaper childcare, more children * By |
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| Authors: | Eva Mörk A; Anna Sjögren B; Helena Svaleryd C; Jel-codes H J |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=63. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Description: | We study the effect of childcare costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in childcare charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous variation in childcare costs caused by a Swedish childcare reform in 2002, we are able to identify the causal effect of childcare costs on fertility in a context in which childcare enrollment is almost universal and the labor force participation of mothers is very high. We also provide some evidence suggesting that longrun fertility rates are affected. Keywords: Child Care, Cost of children, Fertility, Quasi-experiment, Difference-indifferences |
| Document Type: | text |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.212.2241; http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=63 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.212.2241; http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=63 |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.BC38AC53 |
| Database: | BASE |