The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies

Sencer Karademir, Jean-William Laliberté and Stefan Staubli

No 32204, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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.

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Date: 2024-03
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