Expensive childcare and short school days = Lower maternal employment and more time in childcare? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey.

Autor/inn/en	Ruppanner, Leah; Moller, Stephanie; Sayer, Liana
Titel	Expensive childcare and short school days = Lower maternal employment and more time in childcare? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Teure Kinderbetreuung und kurze Schultage = Niedrigere Erwerbstätigkeit von Müttern und mehr Zeit für die Kinderbetreuung? Erkenntnisse aus dem American Time Use Survey.
Quelle	In: Socius, (2019) 5, 14 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2378-0231
DOI	10.1177/2378023119860277
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Kinderbetreuung; Schule; Unterricht; Beschäftigungseffekt; Kosten; Vollzeitarbeit; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Dauer; Auswirkung; Regionaler Vergleich; Zeitverwendung; USA
Abstract	"This study investigates the relationship between maternal employment and state-to-state differences in childcare cost and mean school day length. Pairing state-level measures with an individual-level sample of prime working-age mothers from the American Time Use Survey (2005 - 2014; n = 37,993), we assess the multilevel and time-varying effects of childcare costs and school day length on maternal full-time and part-time employment and childcare time. We find mothers' odds of full-time employment are lower and part-time employment higher in states with expensive childcare and shorter school days. Mothers spend more time caring for children in states where childcare is more expensive and as childcare costs increase. Our results suggest that expensive childcare and short school days are important barriers to maternal employment and, for childcare costs, result in greater investments in childcare time. Politicians engaged in national debates about federal childcare policies should look to existing state childcare structures for policy guidance." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1