RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Childcare Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 453
OP 487
DO 10.3368/jhr.42.2.453
VO 42
IS 2
A1 Tekin, Erdal
YR 2007
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/42/2/453.abstract
AB This paper develops and estimates a model for the choice of part-time and full-time employment and the decision to pay for childcare among single mothers. The results indicate that a lower childcare price and a higher full-time wage rate both lead to an increase in overall employment and the use of paid childcare. The part-time wage effects are found to be too small to have significant behavioral implications. An analysis of cost-effectiveness indicates that the additional hours of work generated per dollar of government expenditure is larger for a childcare subsidy than a wage subsidy.