Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295903 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16880
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines the effect of availability of accredited childcare centers, the most popular category of publicly licensed childcare centers in Japan, on mothers' employment and earnings. We focus on mothers with children less than two years old, most of whom are returning from parental leave to full-time work under excess demand for center-based childcare. We construct an instrument from the first-round assignment process of April enrollment and find that the enrollment to an accredited childcare center increases the employment rate of mothers of zero- and one-year-old children by 40.3 and 18.8 percentage points, respectively. The effect of such enrollment on mothers' annual salary is mostly explained by the extensive margin.
Subjects: 
childcare demand
childcare cost
maternal labor supply
JEL: 
J13
J22
H40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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