46 lines
2.2 KiB
YAML
46 lines
2.2 KiB
YAML
cite: Hojman2019
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author: Hojman, A., & López Bóo, F.
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year: 2019
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title: Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers
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publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
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uri: https://doi.org/10.18235/0001849
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pubtype: working paper
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discipline: development
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country: Nicaragua
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period: 2013-2015
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maxlength: 24
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targeting: implicit
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group: poor mothers
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data: baseline survey and 12-month follow-up survey
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design: experimental
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method: RCT; instrumental variable; marginal treatment effects
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sample: 1442
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unit: individual
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representativeness: subnational, urban
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causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
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theory:
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limitations: effect on employment is insignificant with IV on randomization alone; relatively small overall sample
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observation:
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- intervention: subsidy (childcare)
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institutional: 0
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structural: 1
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agency: 1
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inequality: gender; generational; income
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type: 1 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
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indicator: 0 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
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measures: employment
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findings: free childcare significantly increases work participation of mothers (14ppts); increases human capital of children
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channels: subsidy removes associated childcare costs (fewer childcare hours)
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direction: 1 # 0 neg / 1 pos
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significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 mfg / 2 cig
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notes:
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An experimental study looking at the effects of providing free childcare for poor urban mothers in Nicaragua under the 'Programo Urbano', looking at the effects on inequality for mothers and children.
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It finds that providing free childcare for young children of poor mothers significantly increases the employment probability of the mothers (14ppts) independently of the childcare quality.
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It also finds significantly positive impacts on the human capital of the children, though dependent on the quality of childcare facilities.
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This suggests childcare costs being removed through a quasi-subsidy reducing the required childcare time burden on mothers, increasing parental agency and employment choices.
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Some limitations to the study include a relatively small overall sample size, as well as employment effects becoming insignificant when the effect is measured on randomization alone (without an additional instrumental variable).
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