TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Arinaitwe, Jacklyn Makaaru
AU  - Bogere, George
AU  - Fiore, Anna
AU  - Herskowitz, Sylvan
AU  - Lang, Megan
AU  - Mwesigye, Francis
AU  - Nalumansi, Tracy
        TI  - Childcare for Informal-Sector Workers: Delivery Models, Access, and Welfare
        PY  - 2026/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18910
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18910
        AB  - Childcare burdens limit productivity among women in the informal sector, but we know little about the optimal design of childcare support. We randomize 883 women market vendors in Kampala, Uganda to receive free workplace- or community-based childcare. Free childcare redistributes caregiving away from household members, raises women’s hourly earnings, and improves child development and women’s well-being. Community centers achieve higher utilization and larger gains in development and well-being, while workplace centers generate larger economic impacts. Both models have a high marginal value of public funds. Community centers currently dominate, but workplace-based centers could prove superior if operated at scale.
        KW  - labor
KW  - childcare
KW  - gender
KW  - time use
KW  - early child development
        ER  -