Childcare availability and fertility: Evidence from municipalities in Japan
Childcare availability and fertility: Evidence from municipalities in Japan
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jjie.2016.11.003
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Fukai, Taiyo
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作者：
Fukai, Taiyo
在本文中，我们使用2000年至2010年日本市级人口普查和生命统计数据，仔细处理了几个潜在的偏差来源，估计了托儿服务可获得性对生育率的影响。我们发现，从2000年到2010年，日本托儿服务的增加导致生活在女性工作倾向高的地区的25-39岁女性的生育率小幅但显著上升，但在其他地区没有显著影响。我们的研究结果表明，政府在制定儿童保育政策时关注地区异质性的重要性，也表明需要将更好的儿童保育机会与其他支持家庭的措施结合起来，以支持日本女性在职业生涯早期平衡工作和家庭的需求。(C) 2016 Elsevier Inc.版权所有。
In this paper, we estimated the effect of childcare availability on fertility using Japanese municipal-level Census and Vital Statistics data from 2000 to 2010, carefully handling several potential sources of bias. We found that an increase in childcare availability in Japan from 2000 to 2010 led to a small but significant increase in the fertility rate of women aged 25-39 living in regions where the propensity for women to work is high, but had no significant effect in other regions. Our results demonstrate the importance that government pay attention to regional heterogeneity when formulating childcare policy and also suggest that a combination of better access to childcare, together with other pro-family measures, is needed to support Japanese women in the early-career demands of balancing work and family. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.