Childcare Costs and Migrant and Local Mothers' Labor Force Participation in Urban China
利用2010年全国流动人口动态监测数据，分析托儿成本对城市中流动和本地学龄前儿童母亲劳动参与和托儿使用的影响，发现托儿成本对两类母亲均有显著负向影响，且流动母亲对成本变化更敏感。
This study empirically analyzes the impact of childcare costs on the labor force participation (LFP) and childcare utilization of migrant and local mothers of preschool-age children in urban China, using data from the 2010 National Dynamic Monitoring Survey of Floating Populations. The estimates show that childcare costs have a strong negative effect on the LFP and childcare utilization of migrant and local mothers. Compared to local mothers, the LFP and childcare utilization rate of migrant mothers are, respectively, more and less sensitive to changes in childcare costs. The analysis indicates that the LFP and childcare choices of migrant mothers are more constrained by the lack of access to affordable childcare than are local mothers in China.