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Access to childcare services : the role of demand and supply-side policies

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  • Maria-Isabel Farfan-Portet

    (Ecole de santé publique - UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain)

  • Vincent Lorant

    (Ecole de santé publique - UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain)

  • Francesca Petrella

    (LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Different demand-side or supply-side instruments can be used in order to encourage the use of formal childcare. With the budgetary constraints of the last two decades, some countries have changed their childcare policy leading to the implementation of demand-side rather than supply-side instruments. The introduction of demand-side subsidies to encourage the use of formal childcare services was a major change in Belgium since, until 1988, subsidies were directly granted to childcare services providers in order to reduce their running costs. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of both demand-side and supply side subsidies on the use of formal childcare by low-income families. From this perspective, we analyzed, on the one hand, the effect of the tax deduction instrument implemented in Belgium and, on the other hand, the effect of an increase in the provision of childcare places on the use of formal childcare services. We found that the choice of policy instruments is not neutral in terms of access to formal childcare for families belonging to different income groups. Indeed, while a higher supply of childcare places increases the probability of access for low-income families, the tax deduction can have a mixed outcome as far as access to childcare is concerned.

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  • Maria-Isabel Farfan-Portet & Vincent Lorant & Francesca Petrella, 2011. "Access to childcare services : the role of demand and supply-side policies," Post-Print halshs-00627517, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00627517
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    1. Franco, Rodrigo, 2023. "More Than Just Numbers: Assessing the Real Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Childcare Labor Markets," Master's Theses and Plan B Papers 338175, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    2. Jurga Bucaite-Vilke, 2021. "Family Choices on Welfare and Territorial Disadvantages: The Perception of the Child Care Services Approach in Urban and Rural Areas," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, July.
    3. Ünver, Özgün & Bircan, Tuba & Nicaise, Ides, 2021. "A multilevel approach to ECEC policies and intensity of formal childcare participation of young children in Europe," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    4. Guiwen Liu & Zhiyong Yi & Xiaoling Zhang & Asheem Shrestha & Igor Martek & Lizhen Wei, 2017. "An Evaluation of Urban Renewal Policies of Shenzhen, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-17, June.
    5. Jonas Wood & Karel Neels, 2019. "Local Childcare Availability and Dual-Earner Fertility: Variation in Childcare Coverage and Birth Hazards Over Place and Time," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 35(5), pages 913-937, December.
    6. Hyunjoong Kim & Fahui Wang, 2019. "Disparity in Spatial Access to Public Daycare and Kindergarten across GIS-Constructed Regions in Seoul, South Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(19), pages 1-14, October.

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