The unintended consequences of childcare regulation: evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Autor/a
Rojas, Eugenio
Sánchez, Rafael
Villena, Mauricio G.
Fecha de publicación
2016ISSN
1514-0326
Resumen
In several countries governments fund childcare provision but in many others it is privately funded as labor regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this later case, there is no empirical evidence on the effects generated by the financial burden of childcare provision. In particular, there is no evidence on who effectively pays (firms or employees) and how (e.g., via wages and/or employment). Our hypothesis is that in imperfect labor markets, firms will transfer childcare cost on to their workers. To analyze this, we exploit a discontinuity in childcare provision mandated by Chilean labor regulation.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
33 - Economía
Palabras clave
Cura d'infants
Regulació laboral
Impost laboral
Gènere
Treballadores
Cuidado de los niños
Regulación laboral
Impuesto laboral
Género
Trabajadoras
Child care
Labor regulation
Labor tax
Gender
Female workers
Páginas
38
Publicado por
Taylor & Francis
Colección
19; 1
Publicado en
Journal of Applied Economics
Citación
Rojas, Eugenio; Sánchez, Rafael; Villena, Mauricio G. The unintended consequences of childcare regulation: evidence from a regression discontinuity design. Journal of Applied Economics, 2016, 19(1), p. 1-39. Disponible en: <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/S1514-0326%2816%2930001-0>. Fecha de acceso: 24 abr. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/S1514-0326(16)30001-0
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