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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Main Authors:	Dang, Hai-Anh H., Hiraga, Masako, Nguyen, Cuong Viet
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
Subjects:	CHILD CARE GENDER EQUALITY FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739441558098304418/Childcare-and-Maternal-Employment-Evidence-from-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31971

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spelling	okr-10986-319712022-09-19T12:17:02Z Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hiraga, Masako Nguyen, Cuong Viet CHILD CARE GENDER EQUALITY FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS 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. 2019-06-26T19:06:23Z 2019-06-26T19:06:23Z 2019-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739441558098304418/Childcare-and-Maternal-Employment-Evidence-from-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31971 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8856 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	CHILD CARE GENDER EQUALITY FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS
spellingShingle	CHILD CARE GENDER EQUALITY FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hiraga, Masako Nguyen, Cuong Viet Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
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description	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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author	Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hiraga, Masako Nguyen, Cuong Viet
author_facet	Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hiraga, Masako Nguyen, Cuong Viet
author_sort	Dang, Hai-Anh H.
title	Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
title_short	Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
title_full	Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
title_fullStr	Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
title_sort	childcare and maternal employment : evidence from vietnam
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739441558098304418/Childcare-and-Maternal-Employment-Evidence-from-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31971
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Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam

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