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dc.titleThe Effect of Mandated Child Care on Female Wages in Chile
dc.contributor.authorPrada, María Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorRucci, Graciana
dc.contributor.authorUrzúa, Sergio
dc.contributor.orgunitLabor Markets Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2015-04-09T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2015-04-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the effect of mandated employer-provided child care on the wages of women hired in large firms in Chile. We use a unique employer-employee database from the country's unemployment insurance (UI) system containing monthly information for all individuals that started a new contract between January 2005 and March 2013. We estimate the impact of the program using regression discontinuity design (RDD) exploiting the fact that child care provision is mandatory for all firms with 20 or more female workers. The results indicate that the monthly starting wages of the infra-marginal woman hired in a firm with 20 or more female workers is between 9 percent and 20 percent less than those of female workers hired by the same firm when no requirement of providing childcare was imposed.
dc.format.extent44
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011690
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Effect-of-Mandated-Child-Care-on-Female-Wages-in-Chile.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectChild Development
dc.subject.jelcodeC - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
dc.subject.jelcodeJ - Labor and Demographic Economics
dc.subject.keywordsLabor Policy;Employability;Policies for gender;Regression discontinuity;Female wages;Mandated benefits
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationCH-T1120
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