ERIC Number: EJ757031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 35
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Childcare Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal
Journal of Human Resources, v42 n2 p453-487 Spr 2007
This paper develops and estimates a model for the choice of part-time and full-time employment and the decision to pay for childcare among single mothers. The results indicate that a lower childcare price and a higher full-time wage rate both lead to an increase in overall employment and the use of paid childcare. The part-time wage effects are found to be too small to have significant behavioral implications. An analysis of cost-effectiveness indicates that the additional hours of work generated per dollar of government expenditure is larger for a childcare subsidy than a wage subsidy. (Contains 5 tables and 26 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Wages, Working Hours, Mothers, Child Care, Models, Part Time Employment, Employed Women, One Parent Family, Employment Level, Cost Effectiveness, Grants, Decision Making, National Surveys, Welfare Services, Public Policy, Low Income Groups
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