dc.contributor.author | Finseraas, Henning | |
dc.contributor.author | Hardoy, Ines | |
dc.contributor.author | Schøne, Pål | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-13T07:38:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-13T07:38:30Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-10-04T21:10:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Review of Economics of the Household. 2016, 1-18. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1569-5239 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2562339 | |
dc.description.abstract | We analyze the impact on maternal employment of a universal school reform in Norway which lowered the school starting age from seven to six. We use a regression discontinuity approach exploiting exogenous variation in the compulsory school enrollment rule caused by the reform. Our results reveal positive short-term effects on labor supply (approximately five percentage points) and on earnings (about 12600/1350 NOK/Euro). Subgroup analyses show that the positive effects are much stronger for mothers with low wage potential, a group of mothers that were less likely to use formal childcare prior to the reform. The positive effects for this subgroup of mothers suggest that expanding child-care can be an effective tool for increasing labor supply of mothers who previously had relatively low labor market earnings potential. | |
dc.description.abstract | School enrolment and mothers’ labor supply: evidence from a regression discontinuity approach | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.title | School enrolment and mothers’ labor supply: evidence from a regression discontinuity approach | |
dc.title.alternative | School enrolment and mothers’ labor supply: evidence from a regression discontinuity approach | |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1-18 | |
dc.source.journal | Review of Economics of the Household | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11150-016-9350-0 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1389474 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 199836 | |
cristin.unitcode | 7437,0,0,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for samfunnsforskning | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |