Can parents afford to work? Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives.

Autor/inn/en	Immervoll, Herwig; Barber, David
Institution	OECD
Titel	Can parents afford to work? Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Können es sich Eltern leisten, arbeiten zu gehen? Kinderbetreuungskosten, Steuerentlastung und Arbeitsanreize.
Quelle	Paris (2005), 72 S.; 1078 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	OECD social, employment and migration working papers. 31
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Familie; Beruf; Eltern; Familie; Familienpolitik; Kosten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Internationaler Vergleich; Kinderbetreuung; Familienpolitik; Eltern; Kinderbetreuung; Steuerentlastung; Erwerbstätigkeit; Kosten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Nichterwerbstätigkeit; Beruf; Arbeitsanreiz; Internationaler Vergleich; Arbeitspapier; OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)
Abstract	"Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But inconsistent or poorly implemented policies can also introduce additional barriers that make it harder for families to arrange and share their responsibilities according to their needs and preferences. This paper quantifies the net cost of purchasing centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees charged by childcare providers as well as childcare-related tax concessions and cash benefits available to parents. Building on these calculations, family resources are evaluated for different employment situations in order to assess the financial trade-offs between work and staying at home. Results are disaggregated to identify the policy features that present barriers to work for parents whose employment decisions are known to be particularly responsive to financial work incentives: lone parents and second earners with young children requiring care." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Querschnitt. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2006/3