Childcare Costs and the Demand for Children - Evidence from a Nationwide Reform

Eva Mörk, Anna Sjögren, Helena Svaleryd and Eva Maria Mörk
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Eva Mörk (eva.mork@nek.uu.se)

No 3210, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Exploiting the exogenous variation in childcare costs caused by a Swedish childcare reform, we are able to identify the causal effect of childcare costs on fertility in a context in which childcare enrollment is almost universal, user fees are low, and the labor force participation of mothers is very high. Anticipation of a reduction in childcare costs increased the number of first births, but only seemed to affect the timing of second births. We find a negative income effect for families with children already enrolled in child care.

Keywords: childcare; cost of children; fertility; quasi-experiment; difference-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Journal Article: Childcare costs and the demand for children—evidence from a nationwide reform (2013)
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