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abstract: 'Although formal childcare is considered a key social investment policy
to combat inequality, available research indicates that in most European
and other high-income countries parents with lower socio-economic
positions are less likely to use formal childcare. As the literature on
the underlying causes of this so-called Matthew effect has not yet
converged, this article is the first to assess whether educational
gradients in formal childcare uptake can be accounted for by micro-level
employment potential and work-family attitudes in 14 European countries
and Australia. Complementing available research on supply-side factors
such as policy design features, this study indicates that a large part
of the educational gradients in formal childcare uptake persist after
controlling for socio-demographic background variables, employment
potential, and work-family attitudes as micro-level predictors. However,
this study also shows that a considerable part of the educational
differentiation in formal childcare uptake reflects differential
employment potential. This finding turns attention to policies other
than childcare to enhance labour market outcomes for lower educated
groups, which in turn might attenuate the Matthew effect in formal
childcare. Furthermore, a positive relation between individual-level
work-family attitudes and the uptake of formal childcare is also
identified as a partial explanation for educational gradients in formal
childcare uptake. Although the explanatory power of work-family
attitudes as an underlying determinant of the Matthew effect is more
limited compared to employment potential, such variation in the
acceptance of maternal employment and formal childcare should also be
considered in the design of inclusive work-family policies.'
affiliation: 'Wood, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Antwerp, Dept Sociol, Sint Jacobstr
2, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Wood, Jonas; Neels, Karel; Maes, Julie, Univ Antwerp, Dept Sociol, Antwerp, Belgium.
Wood, Jonas, Univ Antwerp, Dept Sociol, Sint Jacobstr 2, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.'
author: Wood, Jonas and Neels, Karel and Maes, Julie
author-email: jonas.wood@uantwerpen.be
author_list:
- family: Wood
given: Jonas
- family: Neels
given: Karel
- family: Maes
given: Julie
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/09589287231186068
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2023
eissn: 1461-7269
files: []
issn: 0958-9287
journal: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY
keywords: 'Childcare services; education; Europe; Australia; family policy; social
inequality'
keywords-plus: 'GENDER-ROLE ATTITUDES; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOMENS
EMPLOYMENT; NATIVE MOTHERS; FAMILY POLICY; AVAILABILITY; EDUCATION;
PATTERNS; MIGRANT'
language: English
month: 2023 JUL 18
number-of-cited-references: '60'
orcid-numbers: 'Neels, Karel/0000-0002-6067-6075
Wood, Jonas/0000-0002-8344-9481'
papis_id: e50c7a2de7583183d1457874f3e9bcb3
ref: Wood2023closerlook
researcherid-numbers: 'Neels, Karel/S-4337-2016
'
times-cited: '0'
title: A closer look at demand-side explanations for the Matthew effect in formal
childcare uptake in Europe and Australia
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:001031663800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
web-of-science-categories: Public Administration; Social Issues
year: '2023'