Child Care Subsidy Receipt, Employment, and Child Care Choices of Single Mothers

Working Paper: NBER ID: w10459

Authors: Erdal Tekin

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of actual subsidy receipt of single mothers on their joint employment and child care mode decisions in the post-welfare reform environment, which places a high priority on parental choice with the quality and type of care chosen. Results indicate that single mothers are highly responsive to child care subsidies by increasing their employment while moving from parental and relative care to center care in the process.

Keywords: No keywords provided

JEL Codes: J13; I38


Causal Claims Network Graph

Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.


Causal Claims

CauseEffect
child care subsidy receipt (J13)employment decisions of single mothers (J16)
child care subsidy receipt (J13)child care mode decisions of single mothers (J13)
child care subsidy receipt (J13)center care usage decisions of single mothers (J13)
child care subsidy receipt (J13)relative care usage decisions of single mothers (J13)

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