Partnered women’s labour supply and child care costs in Australia: measurement error and the child care price

Xiaodong Gong (), Robert Breuing and Anthony King

No 652, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Abstract: We show that measurement error in the constructed price of child care can explain why previous Australian studies have found partnered women’s labour supply to be unresponsive to child care prices. Through improved data and improved construction of the child care price variable, we find child care price elasticities that are statistically significant, negative and in line with elasticities found in other developed countries.

Keywords: Labour supply; child care; local area effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J22 J30 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11
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Journal Article: Partnered Women's Labour Supply and Child‐Care Costs in Australia: Measurement Error and the Child‐Care Price (2012)
Working Paper: Partnered women's labour supply and child care costs in Australia: Measurement error and the child care price (2011)
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