How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment

Anja Roth

Working papers from Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel

Abstract: Do childcare institutions affect gender norms of individuals? I examine the introduction of childcare services and their impact on voters' support of policies promoting maternal employment. I address the inherent endogeneity between institutions and attitudes by exploiting regional variation in the regulations and provision of childcare for school children outside of regular school hours. My results show that the expansion of childcare for school children increases voters' support of policies promoting maternal employment. This indicates a direct effect of local institutions on voters' attitudes. I additionally show that as public costs of the new facilities increase, support of additional policies promoting maternal employment decreases.

Keywords: Childcare; gender norms; maternal employment; policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 H31 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11-26
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