Childcare costs and the demand for children—evidence from a nationwide reform

Eva Mörk (), Anna Sjögren and Helena Svaleryd

Journal of Population Economics, 2013, vol. 26, issue 1, 33-65

Abstract: Exploiting the exogenous variation in user fees 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 labor force participation of mothers is very high. Anticipation of a reduction in childcare costs increased the number of first and higher-order births, but only seemed to affect the timing of second births. For families with many children we also find a marginally significant negative income effect on fertility. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

Keywords: Childcare cost; Fertility; Quasi-experiment; H31; J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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