Labour supply and childcare for british mothers in two-parent families
Subtitle: a structural approach
By: by Antonia Parera-Nicolau, Karen A. Mumford
Contributors: Mumford, Karen A.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 1908; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 1908
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Child care; Labor supply; Hours of labor; Working mothers
Description: "We develop and estimate a structural model of labour supply for British two parent families, taking explicit account of the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not increase their working hours when hourly wages increase, indeed, they are more likely to reduce their hours. The major inducement for working mothers to increase their working hours, that we find, is the provision of high quality formal childcare. Implying that government policy aiming at increasing working hours amongst British mothers of pre-school children may need to focus on the quality as well as the quantity of formal child care that is available"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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