Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
No 2010:9:
Does Providing Childcare to Unemployed Affect Unemployment Duration?
Ulrika Vikman ()
Abstract: This paper examines if the probability of leaving
unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when
childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among
Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish
childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to offer childcare
to unemployed parents for at least 15 hours per week. In the study
difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-indifferences
methods are used. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability
of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available, but no
effect is found for fathers. For mothers, some heterogeneous effects are
also found, with a greater effect on the probability of leaving
unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only
compulsory schooling or university education and mothers with two
children.
Keywords: Unemployment duration; Childcare; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J13; J64; (follow links to similar papers)
43 pages, May 6, 2010
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