What Would They Do? Childcare Under Parental Leave and Reduced Hours Options
19 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Date Written: October 2011
Abstract
Time diary data are used to simulate the effects of parental leave and reduced hours arrangements on childcare time among parents of infants. Estimates suggest that coupled fathers would apply approximately 70 percent of working time reductions under leave or reduced hours to childcare. Both coupled and single mothers translate working time reductions into childcare at higher rates. The analysis highlights inequalities across lines of gender, marital status, and socioeconomic status associated with existing policies and suggests policy innovations to both raise parental investments in childcare time and reduce levels of inequality.
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What Would They Do? Childcare Under Parental Leave and Reduced Hours Options
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