Cash-for-care policy in Sweden: a study of its consequences on female employment

Giuliana Giuliani () and Ann-Zofie Duvander ()
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Giuliana Giuliani: European University Institute
Ann-Zofie Duvander: University of Stockholm

No 4106714, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: In 2008, Sweden introduced a cash-for-care benefit consisting of a flat-rate sum paid by municipalities to parents of children between the ages of one and three who did not use publicly subsidized childcare. The main object of the reform was to increase parents? ?freedom to choose?, but the policy was criticized because of its potentially negative effects on gender equality and mothers? employment. This study focuses on the effects of cash-for-care on female employment in Sweden. The study shows that the adoption of this policy had negative effects on female employment rates and female employment growth rates in non-urban areas. Cash-for-care was abolished in Sweden in 2016, but similar policies are still in place in other Scandinavian countries. This research contributes to the debate on family policy and its developments, in particular in Scandinavian countries.

Keywords: cash-for-care; family policy; female employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2016-10
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 25th International Academic Conference, OECD Headquarters, Paris, Oct 2016, pages 194-194

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