Subsidising Formal Childcare Versus Grandmothers' Time: Which Policy is More Effective?

This article quantifies the relative effectiveness of childcare subsidies and subsidies on grandmothers’ time on married mothers’ employment and fertility rates, paying special attention to heterogeneous effects. A heterogeneous agent model, populated by married households who make decisions related...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osuna Victoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-12-01
Series:Economics: Journal Articles
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/econ-2021-0007