Open Access
Does child care availability play a role in maternal employment and children's development? Evidence from Italy
License
Access Rights
Cadmus Permanent Link
Full-text via DOI
ISBN
ISSN
Issue Date
Type of Publication
LC Subject Heading
Other Topic(s)
EUI Research Cluster(s)
Initial version
Published version
Succeeding version
Preceding version
Published version part
Earlier different version
Initial format
Citation
CHILD Working Papers; 2013/13
Cite
BRILLI, Ylenia, DEL BOCA, Daniela, PRONZATO, Chiara D., Does child care availability play a role in maternal employment and children’s development? Evidence from Italy, CHILD Working Papers, 2013/13 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/28838
Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of public child care availability in Italy in mothers' working status and children's scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test scores of pupils attending the second grade of primary school in 2009-10 in conjunction with data on public child care availability. Our estimates indicate a positive and significant effects of child care availability on both mothers' working status and children's Language test scores. We find that a percentage change in public child care coverage increases mothers' probability to work by 1.3 percentage points and children's Language test scores by 0.85 percent of one standard deviation; we do not find any effect on Math test scores. Moreover, the impact of a percentage change in public child care on mothers' employment and children's Language test scores is greater in provinces where child care availability is more limited.
Table of Contents
Additional Information
This version: 19 September 2013.