Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170797 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10813
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Previous studies report a range of estimates for the response of female labor supply and childcare attendance to childcare prices. We shed new light on these questions using a policy reform that raises the price of public daycare. After the reform, children are 8 percentage points less likely to attend public daycare which implies a compensated price elasticity of -0.6. There is little labor supply response in the full sample, though declines for vulnerable subgroups. Spillover effects on older siblings and fertility decisions show that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members.
Subjects: 
female labor supply
family policy
childcare
Germany
JEL: 
J13
J22
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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