Preschool and Maternal Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
44 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2009
Date Written: June 17, 2009
Abstract
In developing countries, employment rates for mothers with young children are relatively low. This paper analyzes how maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina are affected by the preschool attendance of their children. Using pooled household surveys, we show that four year olds with birthdays on June 30 have sharply higher probabilities of preschool attendance than children born on July 1, given enrollment-age rules. Regression-discontinuity estimates using this variation suggest that preschool attendance of the youngest child in the household increases the probability of full-time employment and weekly hours of maternal employment. We find no effect of preschool attendance on maternal labor outcomes for children that are not the youngest in the household.
Keywords: female labor supply, Argentina, regression-discontinuity, kindergarten
JEL Classification: I21, I28, J22
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