Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing country context, and recent studies offer mixed results. This paper attempts to fill these gaps by analyzing several of the latest...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739441558098304418/Childcare-and-Maternal-Employment-Evidence-from-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31971 |
| Summary: | Little literature currently exists on
the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market
outcomes in a developing country context, and recent studies
offer mixed results. This paper attempts to fill these gaps
by analyzing several of the latest rounds of the Vietnam
Household Living Standards Survey spanning the early to
mid-2010s. Addressing endogeneity issues with a regression
discontinuity estimator based on children's birth
months, the paper finds a sizable effect of childcare
attendance on women's labor market outcomes, including
their total annual wages, household income, and poverty
status. The effects of childcare attendance differ by
women's characteristics and are particularly strong for
younger, more educated women. Furthermore, childcare has a
medium-term effect and positively impacts men's labor
market outcomes as well. |
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