The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies

Sencer Karademir, P. Laliberté, Jean-William and Stefan Staubli
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jean-William Laliberté

No 18897, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a universal childcare program in Quebec, we find formal childcare increases the employment rates of mothers, as well as that of grandmothers to a lesser extent. Examining heterogeneity of the program's impact across Census Divisions, we find a negative correlation between the positive effects on mothers' employment and the pre-policy supply of informal childcare by grandmothers.

Keywords: Formal; childcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 J08 J13 J16 J18 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-03
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