From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes
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| author | Gangl, Selina Huber, Martin |
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| contents | The majority of Swiss children attend mandatory and cost-free kindergarten at four. We examine the effect of this policy on maternal labour market outcomes. Using administrative data, we exploit the birthday cut-off for kindergarten entry in the same or in the following year and apply a non-parametric regression discontinuity design (RDD). We find that mandatory kindergarten has a statistically significant positive effect on the labour market attachment of previously non-employed mothers, increasing their employment probability by 4 percentage points. In contrast, there are no significant effects on other groups or in the total sample of mothers. |
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| spellingShingle | From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes Gangl, Selina Huber, Martin General Economics Economics The majority of Swiss children attend mandatory and cost-free kindergarten at four. We examine the effect of this policy on maternal labour market outcomes. Using administrative data, we exploit the birthday cut-off for kindergarten entry in the same or in the following year and apply a non-parametric regression discontinuity design (RDD). We find that mandatory kindergarten has a statistically significant positive effect on the labour market attachment of previously non-employed mothers, increasing their employment probability by 4 percentage points. In contrast, there are no significant effects on other groups or in the total sample of mothers. |
| title | From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.14524 |