TY - JOUR
T1 - Public policies, women's employment after childbearing, and child well-being
AU - Washbrook, Elizabeth
AU - Ruhm, Christopher J.
AU - Waldfogel, Jane
AU - Han, Wen Jui
N1 - Funding Information:
∗We gratefully acknowledge funding support from NICHD and the Leverhulme Trust.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, we consider three U.S. public policies that potentially influence the work decisions of mothers of infants - parental leave laws, exemptions from welfare work requirements, and child care subsidies for low-income families. We estimate the effects of these policies on the timing of work participation after birth, and on a range of outcomes in the subsequent four years, using a group difference-in-difference technique suitable for analysis of cross-sectional data. We find that the three policies affect early maternal work participation, but obtain no evidence of significant consequences for child well-being.
AB - In this paper, we consider three U.S. public policies that potentially influence the work decisions of mothers of infants - parental leave laws, exemptions from welfare work requirements, and child care subsidies for low-income families. We estimate the effects of these policies on the timing of work participation after birth, and on a range of outcomes in the subsequent four years, using a group difference-in-difference technique suitable for analysis of cross-sectional data. We find that the three policies affect early maternal work participation, but obtain no evidence of significant consequences for child well-being.
KW - child care subsidies
KW - child outcomes
KW - parental leave
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U2 - 10.2202/1935-1682.2938
DO - 10.2202/1935-1682.2938
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961199681
SN - 1935-1682
VL - 11
JO - B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
JF - B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
IS - 1
M1 - 43
ER -