Females' willingness to work and the discouragement effect of a poor local childcare provision
By: by Maarten van Ham, Felix Büchel.
Contributors: Büchel, Felix.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1220; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1220
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Mothers -- Employment -- Germany.; Child care services -- Germany.
Description: "We analyze the effects of regional structures on females' willingness to work as well as on the probability that non-employed women who are willing to work actually will engage in job search. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Results of a bivariate probit model correcting for sample selection show that high regional unemployment discourages women from entering the labor market. Further, findings indicate that women with young children are willing to work, but that women with young children and mothers who are unhappy with the regional childcare provision are the least likely to look for a job. These findings indicate that high institutional and spatial barriers discourage mothers from entering employment"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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