Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?

In this brief, the authors explore whether lack of access to childcare is a constraint to female labor force participation (LFP) in Indonesia, a country where female LFP lags far below the regional average. Using household and labor force survey data, we find that low female LFP is linked to unsatis...

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Main Authors:	Halim, Daniel, Johnson, Hillary, Perova, Elizaveta
Format:	Brief
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	CHILDCARE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FAMILY WORK GENDER INNOVATION LAB EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GENDER POLICY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31484

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description	In this brief, the authors explore whether lack of access to childcare is a constraint to female labor force participation (LFP) in Indonesia, a country where female LFP lags far below the regional average. Using household and labor force survey data, we find that low female LFP is linked to unsatisfied childcare needs - after childbirth, lack of access to informal childcare is associated with a longer absence from the workforce for women and a switch into less lucrative occupations or unpaid family work.
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title	Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?
title_short	Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?
title_full	Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?
title_fullStr	Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?
title_full_unstemmed	Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?
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Could Childcare Services Improve Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?

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