How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment

Abstract Do childcare institutions affect gender norms of individuals? I examine the introduction of childcare services and their impact on voters’ support of policies promoting maternal employment. I address the inherent endogeneity between institutions and attitudes by exploiting regional variatio...

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Main Author: Anja Roth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-020-00065-7