 Beliefs About Maternal Labor SupplyTeodora Boneva, Marta Golin, Katja Kaufmann and Christopher Rauh Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge Abstract: We provide representative evidence on the perceived returns to maternal labor supply. A mother’s decision to work is perceived to have sizable impacts on child skills, family outcomes, and the mother’s future labor market outcomes. Beliefs about the impact of additional household income can account for some, but not all, of the perceived positive effects. We further document labor supply intentions under different policy scenarios related to childcare availability and quality, two factors that are perceived as important. Finally, we show that perceived returns are predictive of labor supply intentions, over and above what can be explained by other factors. Keywords: child penalties; Childcare; maternal labor supply; Subjective expectations (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cam:camdae:2270 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge |
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