Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania

The authors model the household demand for child care, the mother's participation in the labor force, and her working hours in Romania. Their model estimates the effects of the price of child care, the mother's wage, and household income on household behavior relating to child care and mot...

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Main Authors:	Fong, Monica, Lokshin, Michael
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	account care for children child care child care allowances child care costs child care facilities child care fees child development early childhood early childhood development early childhood development programs employment enrollment expenditures families formal care instruction kindergarten kindergartens legislation nutrition parents primary education primary school probability rural areas school children school programs social protection subsidized child care wages working mothers young children young women childcare women workers educational benefits labor supply maximum likelihood estimation labor force participation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21406

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spelling	okr-10986-214062021-04-23T14:04:02Z Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania Fong, Monica Lokshin, Michael account care for children child care child care allowances child care costs child care facilities child care fees child development early childhood early childhood development early childhood development programs employment enrollment expenditures families formal care instruction kindergarten kindergartens legislation nutrition parents primary education primary school probability rural areas school children school programs social protection subsidized child care wages working mothers young children young women childcare women workers working mothers educational benefits labor supply maximum likelihood estimation labor force participation The authors model the household demand for child care, the mother's participation in the labor force, and her working hours in Romania. Their model estimates the effects of the price of child care, the mother's wage, and household income on household behavior relating to child care and mothers working outside the home. They find that: Both the maternal decision to take a job and the decision to use out-of-home care are sensitive to the price of child care. A decrease in the price of child care can increase the number of mothers who work and thus reduce poverty in some households. The potential market wage of the mother has a significant positive effect on the decision to purchase market care and the decision to engage in paid employment. The level of household nonwage income has little effect on maternal employment and the demand for child care. In addition to facilitating women's work, kindergartens and creches appear to provide educational and social benefits for children. Close to half the children in these facilities have mothers who do not work. Further research is needed to assess the cost and nature of these benefits and to determine the appropriate roles for the private and public sectors in providing, financing, and regulating such services for working and nonworking mothers. 2015-02-04T22:02:25Z 2015-02-04T22:02:25Z 2000-07 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21406 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2400 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Romania
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topic	account care for children child care child care allowances child care costs child care facilities child care fees child development early childhood early childhood development early childhood development programs employment enrollment expenditures families formal care instruction kindergarten kindergartens legislation nutrition parents primary education primary school probability rural areas school children school programs social protection subsidized child care wages working mothers young children young women childcare women workers working mothers educational benefits labor supply maximum likelihood estimation labor force participation
spellingShingle	account care for children child care child care allowances child care costs child care facilities child care fees child development early childhood early childhood development early childhood development programs employment enrollment expenditures families formal care instruction kindergarten kindergartens legislation nutrition parents primary education primary school probability rural areas school children school programs social protection subsidized child care wages working mothers young children young women childcare women workers working mothers educational benefits labor supply maximum likelihood estimation labor force participation Fong, Monica Lokshin, Michael Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
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description	The authors model the household demand for child care, the mother's participation in the labor force, and her working hours in Romania. Their model estimates the effects of the price of child care, the mother's wage, and household income on household behavior relating to child care and mothers working outside the home. They find that: Both the maternal decision to take a job and the decision to use out-of-home care are sensitive to the price of child care. A decrease in the price of child care can increase the number of mothers who work and thus reduce poverty in some households. The potential market wage of the mother has a significant positive effect on the decision to purchase market care and the decision to engage in paid employment. The level of household nonwage income has little effect on maternal employment and the demand for child care. In addition to facilitating women's work, kindergartens and creches appear to provide educational and social benefits for children. Close to half the children in these facilities have mothers who do not work. Further research is needed to assess the cost and nature of these benefits and to determine the appropriate roles for the private and public sectors in providing, financing, and regulating such services for working and nonworking mothers.
format	Publications & Research
author	Fong, Monica Lokshin, Michael
author_facet	Fong, Monica Lokshin, Michael
author_sort	Fong, Monica
title	Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
title_short	Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
title_full	Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
title_fullStr	Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
title_full_unstemmed	Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania
title_sort	child care and women's labor force participation in romania
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21406
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Child Care and Women's Labor Force Participation in Romania

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