abstract: 'The paper examines the opportunities and obstacles to increasing the

  employment of women with children in Russia. There is a tight

  correlation between Russia''s lagging behind in the share of working

  women with children under the age of three and a lack of supply of

  preschool and childcare institutions. Using quantitative analysis of the

  Russian regions, we show that the expansion of the supply of preschool

  education services is associated with an increase in the employment of

  women, and the cost of introducing additional places in preschool

  organizations is recouped by additional tax revenues from working women

  with children in two years. Our cross-country analysis shows that the

  transition from traditional gender and social roles to more equal ones,

  the reduction of gender inequality, the encouragement of fathers to take

  parental leave, and the increased availability of part-time or

  flexible-schedule employment for women with children could further

  facilitate the employment of women with children. Our estimates show

  that an increase of preschool enrollment in Russia to the level of

  European countries would materialize a sizable economic growth

  potential: an increase in income per capita would be 3.5\%.'
affiliation: 'Donina, AG (Corresponding Author), MGIMO Univ, Moscow, Russia.

  Donina, AG (Corresponding Author), Charles Univ Prague, CERGE EI, Prague, Czech
  Republic.

  Kolesnik, Daria P.; Pestova, Anna A.; Donina, Anna G., MGIMO Univ, Moscow, Russia.

  Pestova, Anna A.; Donina, Anna G., Charles Univ Prague, CERGE EI, Prague, Czech
  Republic.'
author: Kolesnik, Daria P. and Pestova, Anna A. and Donina, Anna G.
author-email: 'd.kolesnik@inno.mgimo.ru

  anna.donina@gmail.com'
author_list:
- family: Kolesnik
  given: Daria P.
- family: Pestova
  given: Anna A.
- family: Donina
  given: Anna G.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.32609/0042-8736-2021-12-94-117
files: []
issn: 0042-8736
journal: VOPROSY EKONOMIKI
keywords: 'female labor supply; employment of mothers; cross-country comparison;

  Russian economy'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; MATERNITY LEAVE; CARE; FERTILITY; MOTHERS;

  ALLOCATION; CHOICES'
language: Russian
month: DEC
number: '12'
number-of-cited-references: '40'
orcid-numbers: 'Kolesnik, Daria/0000-0003-2028-3047

  Pestova, Anna/0000-0001-9934-3617'
pages: 94-117
papis_id: cbfc4cfd735f510de32e0e15a6fe958a
ref: Kolesnik2021whatshould
researcherid-numbers: 'Pestova, Anna/AAD-2654-2020

  '
times-cited: '0'
title: What should we do about the employment of women with children in Russia? The
  role of preschool educational institutions
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000744463500005
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2021'