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Childcare Reform: Effects on Earnings and Employment among Native Swedish and Immigrant Mothers☆

In: Gender in the Labor Market

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  • Magnus Wikström
  • Elena Kotyrlo
  • Niklas Hanes

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This paper studies earnings and labor force participation of native Swedes and recent immigrants in Sweden in response to the childcare reforms of 2001 and 2002 using a difference-in-differences approach and register-based data for the period of 1995–2009. Immigrant and native Swedish mothers are distinguished in order to study if increased accessibility to childcare might be particularly beneficial for groups facing obstacles in entering the labor market. The results show that the reforms had a positive effect on earnings and labor force participation among native mothers with preschool children. The group of immigrant mothers studied did not experience any gain in labor market outcomes as a response to the reform.

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  • Magnus Wikström & Elena Kotyrlo & Niklas Hanes, 2015. "Childcare Reform: Effects on Earnings and Employment among Native Swedish and Immigrant Mothers☆," Research in Labor Economics, in: Gender in the Labor Market, volume 42, pages 93-129, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-912120150000042003
    DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120150000042003
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    1. Bachmann, Ronald & Bechara, Peggy & Cim, Merve & Kramer, Anica, 2018. "Working women and labour market inequality. Research project for the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies: Final report - July 2018," RWI Projektberichte, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, number 195939.

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    Keywords

    Childcare reform; immigrant; labor force participation; earnings; family policy; difference-in-difference; D14; J13; J15; J16;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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