Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?

Female labor force participation (FLFP) in Indonesia lags behind other countries in the region. Building on previous work that shows that unmet childcare needs are associated with low FLFP in Indonesia, here, we look at the impact of childcare avai...

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Main Authors: Halim, Daniel, Johnson, Hillary, Perova, Elizaveta
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/193531533794454056/Does-access-to-preschool-increase-women-s-employment
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spelling okr-10986-314862021-05-25T10:54:37Z Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment? Halim, Daniel Johnson, Hillary Perova, Elizaveta LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION CHILDCARE PRESCHOOL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYMENT EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Female labor force participation (FLFP) in Indonesia lags behind other countries in the region. Building on previous work that shows that unmet childcare needs are associated with low FLFP in Indonesia, here, we look at the impact of childcare availability on FLFP. The findings suggest that an additional public preschool per 1,000 children raises the employment of mothers of age-eligible children by 13 percent. 2019-04-02T20:04:22Z 2019-04-02T20:04:22Z 2018-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/193531533794454056/Does-access-to-preschool-increase-women-s-employment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31486 English East Asia and Pacific Gender Policy Brief;No. 3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
CHILDCARE
PRESCHOOL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EMPLOYMENT
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
spellingShingle LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
CHILDCARE
PRESCHOOL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EMPLOYMENT
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Halim, Daniel
Johnson, Hillary
Perova, Elizaveta
Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
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Indonesia
relation East Asia and Pacific Gender Policy Brief;No. 3
description Female labor force participation (FLFP) in Indonesia lags behind other countries in the region. Building on previous work that shows that unmet childcare needs are associated with low FLFP in Indonesia, here, we look at the impact of childcare availability on FLFP. The findings suggest that an additional public preschool per 1,000 children raises the employment of mothers of age-eligible children by 13 percent.
format Brief
author Halim, Daniel
Johnson, Hillary
Perova, Elizaveta
author_facet Halim, Daniel
Johnson, Hillary
Perova, Elizaveta
author_sort Halim, Daniel
title Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
title_short Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
title_full Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
title_fullStr Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
title_full_unstemmed Does Access to Preschool Increase Women’s Employment?
title_sort does access to preschool increase women’s employment?
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/193531533794454056/Does-access-to-preschool-increase-women-s-employment
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