Crowding-Out Effect of Publicly Provided Childcare: Why Maternal Employment Did Not Increase

Yukiko Asai, Ryo Kambayashi () and Shintaro Yamaguchi

Department of Economics Working Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: We estimate the causal effects of childcare availability on the maternal employment rate using prefecture panel data constructed from the Japanese quinquennial census 1990-2010. We find that childcare availability did not increase maternal employment due to the crowding-out effects. Namely, families substituted accredited childcare for informal care by grandparents. We also find evidence that more and more families do not live with grandparents who used to take care of grandchildren, as the availability of accredited childcare increases.

Keywords: childcare; female labor supply; maternal employment; nuclear family; three-generation family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J21 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2015-07
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