The effect of subsidized childcare on the supply of informal care: Evidence from public kindergarten provision in the US

For informal caregivers in certain demographic groups, the tradeoff between childcare and care may be as significant labor supply. We shed light on this empirically, by combining detailed time use data with a natural experiment created differential access to publicly funded kindergarten across households states. find substantial elasticity supply access, especially for female carers. In fact, women, appears largely increase their rather than