Maternal Labor Supply and the Introduction of Kindergartens into American Public Schools
Maternal Labor Supply and the Introduction of Kindergartens into American Public Schools
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孕产妇劳动力供给与美国公立学校引入幼儿园
DOI：
10.3368/jhr.44.1.140
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发表时间：
2012
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Elizabeth U. Cascio
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作者：
Elizabeth U. Cascio
自20世纪60年代中期以来，许多州政府引入了对提供幼儿园的学区的补贴。本文使用这些助学金的交错时间和年龄目标来检验公立学校隐含的育儿补贴如何影响母亲的劳动力供应。使用五次人口普查的数据，我估计，没有更小孩子的十个单身母亲中，有四个进入了劳动力大军，公立学校招收了一个五岁的孩子。在其他有合格子女的母亲中，没有检测到显著的劳动力供应反应。结果还表明，至少三分之一的边缘公立学校学生本来会上私立学校。
Since the mid-1960s, many state governments have introduced subsidies for school districts that offer kindergarten. This paper uses the staggered timing and age targeting of these grants to examine how the childcare subsidy implicit in public schooling affects maternal labor supply. Using data from five Censuses, I estimate that four of ten single mothers with no younger children entered the work force with public school enrollment of a five-year-old child. No significant labor supply responses are detected among other mothers with eligible children. Results also indicate that at least one in three marginal public school enrollees would have otherwise attended private school.