Price of High-quality Daycare and Female Employment
利用瑞典各市之间的差异，分析高质量公共补贴托儿所的价格如何影响女性产假后的就业，发现价格每上涨1欧元/月，就业率下降0.08%，价格弹性为-0.17。
Using local variation between municipalities, I analyze the degree to which the price of high-quality publicly subsidized childcare affects female employment following maternity leave. Importantly, prices are income dependent and thus likely endogenous, yet by exploiting information on minimum income compensation during non-employment, I bypass this problem. The results show that the price negatively affects employment. A price increase of €1 per month decreases employment by 0.08%, which corresponds to a price elasticity of -0.17. These effects prevail during the first 12 months after childbirth. I also find that availability of childcare increases employment. Copyright © The editors of the "Scandinavian Journal of Economics" 2010 .