Childcare subsidies and labour supply — Evidence from a large Dutch reform
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Childcare subsidies and labour supply ¬タヤ Evidence from a large Dutch reform ¬リニ
• Using DD we study the effect of a recent childcare reform on female labour supply. • The effect on the participation rate is +3.0%, and on hours worked +6.2%. • The reform was rather costly, 90 thousand euro per additional FTE. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o After the introduction of the Law on Childcare in 2005, childcare subsidies in the Netherlands became much more generous. Public ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Labour Economics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2015.03.007