The Supply of Child Care Labor
利用当前人口调查数据估计了儿童保育劳动力供给弹性在1.2-1.9之间，表明补贴主要惠及消费者，并解释了近年来保育员工资停滞的现象。
This article presents estimates of the elasticity of supply of labor to child care. This parameter is an important determinant of the effects of child-care subsidies and regulations on the cost of child care. Using data from the Current Population Survey, there is evidence of an elasticity in the range of 1.2-1.9. This implies that the majority of the benefits of child-care subsidies accrue to consumers of child care. It is also consistent with the fact that child-care workers' wages remained flat in real terms in recent years, despite rapid growth in the demand for child care. Copyright 1993 by University of Chicago Press.