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Who Uses Childcare Centers? Evidence from Burkina Faso

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  • Kehinde F. Ajayi
  • Aziz Dao
  • Estelle Koussoubé
  • P. Rita Nikiema

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What determines childcare center use for low-income urban households? And how does subsidizing provision change access to childcare services? We study these questions using data from a randomized evaluation that subsidized childcare center use for women participating in a public works program in Burkina Faso. One-quarter of eligible women use these childcare services, tripling childcare center use for zero- to six-year-olds in our sample. Household wealth significantly predicts childcare center use. However, the public works childcare centers increased access for disadvantaged households and young children. Women employed as childcare providers were also more likely to use the childcare centers.

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  • Kehinde F. Ajayi & Aziz Dao & Estelle Koussoubé & P. Rita Nikiema, 2024. "Who Uses Childcare Centers? Evidence from Burkina Faso," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 454-458, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:114:y:2024:p:454-58
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241013
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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