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Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development / Samuel Berlinski.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Berlinski, Samuel.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child Care.
- Child Care Arrangement.
- Child Care Services.
- Child Development.
- Early Child and Children's Health.
- Labor Force Participation.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Local Subjects:
- Child Care.
- Child Care Arrangement.
- Child Care Services.
- Child Development.
- Early Child and Children's Health.
- Labor Force Participation.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper develops and estimates a model of child care markets that endogenizes demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price, and quality decisions under monopolistic competition. Child development is a function of the time spent with each parent and at the child care center; these inputs vary in their impact. The structural parameters of the model are estimated using the 2003 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, which contains information on parental employment and wages, child care choices, child development, and center quality. The estimates are used to evaluate the impact of several policies, including vouchers, cash transfers, quality regulations, and public provision. Among these, a combination of quality regulation and vouchers for working families leads to the greatest gains in average child development and to a large expansion in child care use and female labor supply, all at a relatively low fiscal cost.
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