TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ham, Maarten van
AU  - Büchel, Felix
        TI  - Females' Willingness to Work and the Discouragement Effect of a Poor Local Childcare Provision
        PY  - 2004/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1220
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1220
        AB  - We analyze the effects of regional structures on females’ willingness to work as well as on
the probability that non-employed women who are willing to work actually will engage in job
search. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the
German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Results of a bivariate probit model correcting for
sample selection show that high regional unemployment discourages women from entering
the labor market. Further, findings indicate that women with young children are willing to
work, but that women with young children and mothers who are unhappy with the regional
childcare provision are the least likely to look for a job. These findings indicate that high
institutional and spatial barriers discourage mothers from entering employment.
        KW  - bivariate probit model
KW  - female labor supply
KW  - job search
KW  - regional labor markets
KW  - childcare provision
        ER  -