The Effect of Child's School Entry on Maternal Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from South Korea

Jaehee Choi and Haeil Jung

Journal of International Development, 2017, vol. 29, issue 8, 1075-1105

Abstract: Public school is a form of highly subsidized, universal childcare and thus an important aspect of childcare policies. We examine the impact of a child's school entry on maternal employment in South Korea where mothers have been inactive in the labour force. We utilize a natural experiment where the school‐age eligibility requirement in South Korea generates an exogenous variation in the cost of childcare and lends itself to a regression discontinuity design. Our findings suggest that for women with low levels of own or spouse's education, enrolling their children in school leads to a sizeable increase in labour force participation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2017
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