TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dang, Hai-Anh H
AU  - Hiraga, Masako
AU  - Nguyen, Cuong Viet
        TI  - Childcare and Maternal Employment: Evidence from Vietnam
        PY  - 2019/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12814
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12814
        AB  - Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing country context, and the few recent studies offer mixed results. We attempt to fill these gaps by analyzing several latest rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey spanning the early to mid-2010s. Addressing endogeneity issues with a regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women's labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The effects of childcare attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women. Furthermore, we also find that childcare has a medium-term effect.
        KW  - maternal employment
KW  - child care
KW  - gender equality
KW  - women's empowerment
KW  - Vietnam
        ER  -