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...
Main Authors: | Halim, Daniel, Johnson, Hillary, Perova, Elizaveta |
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Format: | Brief |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31484 |
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