Many argue that childcare costs limit the labor supply of mothers, though existing evidence has been mixed. Using a child's eligibility for public kindergarten in a regression discontinuity instrumental variables framework, I estimate how use of a particular subsidy, public school, affects maternal labor supply. I find public school enrollment…

With increasing numbers of women joining the workforce, there is a need for quality childcare. This project, conducted in Japan and using a large number of participants, sought to standardize an evaluation scale to measure the development of children. The development of children under six years of age (N = 22,819) who are enrolled in childcare…

We use a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation, weeks, and hours of work associated with no-fault divorce laws, allowing for differential responses for married women with and without children. Although other research has found that the labor supply of women in general does not respond to…

During the early 1990s, there was no growth in women's labor force participation rates. Since 1994, however, the rate has edged upward with mothers accounting for most of the rise. (Author)

Unlike previous research on women's occupational mobility, considers (1) housework to be a possible occupational outcome, and (2) the occupations of both parents as influences on daughters' occupations. Finds that women whose mothers worked are more likely to join the labor force and that their occupations are likely to resemble their mothers'.…

A model of a household demand for childcare, mothers' labor force participation and mothers' working hours in Russia is presented. The simulations presented show that family allowance transfers intended as a means of reducing poverty do not have a significant effect on a household's choice of childcare arrangements.

Examined the relationship between the length of time worked by mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children and three categories of variables. Only economic factors appeared to significantly affect the mothers' decision whether to work. (Author)

Examines whether living with other adults enables married and single mothers to enter the labor market. Findings show that coresident adults increased the labor force participation of some groups of women and that coresident adults serve different functions within households, which in turn influence women's labor force decisions in various ways.…

Empirical tests of hypotheses developed in a discussion of income and substitution effects support the hypotheses and show that women with more education have their first birth (Bl) sooner after leaving school than less educated women; also, an additional year of schooling raises the woman's age at Bl by only about one-half year. The higher the…

The status of the housewife and mother roles may be declining as more women enter the labor force and birth rates continue to fall. Such changes in sex-role attitudes could lead to increases in female labor force participation which are much larger than those projected. (Author)

Investigated why some married mothers of infants elect to be employed, while other married women remain out of the labor force during the first three years of their children's lives. Prior work experience and attitude toward future employment were the most salient factors discriminating the employed wives from the full-time housewives. (Author/BL)

Using five years of panel data from a national sample of women aged 14-24, found that declines in labor-force participation prior to the first birth and increases in participation following the birth varied by education, economic well-being, and prebirth work experience. (Author)

This fact sheet lists 20 interpreted statistics on women workers. The facts cover the following data: number of women workers and their percentage in the labor force; length of time women are expected to stay in the labor force; racial and ethnic groups in the labor force; part-time and full-time employment; types of occupations in which women are…