The difficult case of persuading women. Experimental evidence from childcare.

Autor/inn/en	Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara D.; Billari, Francesco C.
Titel	The difficult case of persuading women. Experimental evidence from childcare.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2013), 29, [7] S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 7677
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Kultur; Gender; Stereotyp; Mutter; Frau; Kinderbetreuung; Arbeitskraft; Arbeitsplatzangebot; Arbeitspapier; Unterstützung; Italien
Abstract	Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other women experience about the effects of maternal employment on children outcomes may increase female labor force participation. To further explore this channel, we design a randomized survey experiment, in which 1500 Italian women aged 20 to 40 are exposed to two informational treatments on the positive consequences of formal childcare on children future educational attainments. Surprisingly, we find that women reduce their intended labor supply. However, this result hides strong heterogenous effects: high educated non-mothers are persuaded by the informational treatments to increase their intended use of formal child care (and to pay more); whereas low educated non-mothers to reduce their intended labor supply. These findings are consistent with women responding to monetary incentive and/or having different preferences for maternal care. These heterogenous responses across women send a warning signal about the true effectiveness - in terms of take up rates - of often advocated public policies regarding formal child care.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2014/2