Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from UgandaIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore
• 署名单位: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Trinity College Dublin; KU Leuven
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20230227
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 75-101
• 关键词: young-children; low-income; Preschool; EMPLOYMENT; returns; program; PARTICIPATION; subsidies; education; IMPACT

摘要

We randomly offered a childcare subsidy, an equivalent cash grant, or both to mothers of three-to-five-year-old children. The childcare subsidy substantially increased the labor supply and earnings of single mothers, highlighting the importance of time constraints for them. Among couples, childcare did not affect mothers' labor market outcomes but instead increased fathers' salaried employment. At the household level, childcare led to higher income and consumption and improved child development. Cash grants positively affected mothers' labor supply and income irrespective of the household structure, suggesting the general importance of credit constraints for women's