The impact of childcare availability on maternal employment: evidence from Czech municipalities
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F23%3A00573786" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/23:00573786 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/23:00580773 RIV/61384399:31140/23:00059246
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288987" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288987</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288987" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0288987</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The impact of childcare availability on maternal employment: evidence from Czech municipalities
Original language description
This study presents empirical estimates of the effects of local public kindergarten availability on the employment rate of mothers of preschool-aged children in the Czech Republic. It brings together data from the Population Census and School Register to form a unique database describing the demand for childcare (numbers of children aged 3–5) and supply (capacity) across more than 6,000 Czech municipalities between 2001 and 2011. We take advantage of variations in kindergarten availability over time to estimate the impact on maternal employment with a first differences model. Our estimates show that a 10 percentage point increase in the availability of kindergarten places led to a 0.2–0.4 percentage point increase in the employment rate of mothers of preschool-aged children. A drop in the availability of kindergarten places between 2001 and 2011 resulted in 9,000 fewer mothers being employed and a net loss to public finances of 1.2–1.7 billion CZK per year.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
1932-6203
Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
e0288987
UT code for WoS article
001035045000018
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85165466201