AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CHILD CARE DEMAND IN SWITZERLAND

Silvia Banfi, Mehdi Farsi and Massimo Filippini

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2009, vol. 80, issue 1, 37-66

Abstract: ABSTRACT**: This paper analyzes the demand of Swiss families for child care facilities. A choice experiment is used to study the effects of the facilities' characteristics as well as socio‐economic factors on the selected child care mode. The experimental data are analyzed using a discrete choice model with multinomial logit specification. The results suggest that the demand for extra‐familial day care could be considerably higher than that observed from the actual choices constrained by insufficient provision of affordable day care. The price, access, and the quality of service as well as parents' income and education have important impacts on the choice of the mode of care.

Date: 2009
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