Childcare subsidies and labour supply: evidence from a large Dutch reform
Tuesday February 14th, Paul Muller (VU-CPB) will present "Childcare subsidies and labour supply: evidence from a large Dutch reform"
Time: 2012, Tuesday February 14th, 13.00-14.00 hours
Location: CPB-office, Van Stolkweg 14, The Hague
Presentation: Paul Muller (CPB - VU)
Discussant: Dinand Webbink (EUR)
Language: English
Registration: Please register by sending an email to seminars@cpb.nl.
Abstract subject: During the period 2005-2009 the Dutch government cut the parental fee for formal childcare in half and extended subsidies to so-called guestparent care. We estimate the labour supply effect of this reform with a difference-in-differences strategy, using parents with older children as a control group. We study the effects on the participation rate and average hours worked by women and men, and some subgroups. We also consider a number of robustness checks.
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