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The Impact of Pre-Primary Enrolment on Maternal Labour Supply in South Africa

Wallström, Erik LU (2016) NEKN01 20161
Department of Economics
Abstract
I provide evidence on the impact of pre-primary school expansion on maternal labour supply in the context of South Africa. I draw on administrative data from the South African National Census in 2001 and 2011, and a Community Survey in 2007, to extract household information. My identification strategy exploits the staggered timing and intensity in the expansion of pre-primary school facilities across municipalities in an instrumental-variables regression. I find a robust impact from the implicit child care subsidy induced by the expansion on maternal labour supply ranging from 10.4% to 13.7%. My findings suggest that early childhood development reforms aimed at raising pre-primary enrolment rates can go beyond the scope of the child,... (More)
I provide evidence on the impact of pre-primary school expansion on maternal labour supply in the context of South Africa. I draw on administrative data from the South African National Census in 2001 and 2011, and a Community Survey in 2007, to extract household information. My identification strategy exploits the staggered timing and intensity in the expansion of pre-primary school facilities across municipalities in an instrumental-variables regression. I find a robust impact from the implicit child care subsidy induced by the expansion on maternal labour supply ranging from 10.4% to 13.7%. My findings suggest that early childhood development reforms aimed at raising pre-primary enrolment rates can go beyond the scope of the child, raising incentives for women to actively take part in the labour market. (Less)
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author
Wallström, Erik LU
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NEKN01 20161
year
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
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English
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8889984
date added to LUP
2016-09-09 14:02:12
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2016-09-09 14:02:12
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  abstract     = {{I provide evidence on the impact of pre-primary school expansion on maternal labour supply in the context of South Africa. I draw on administrative data from the South African National Census in 2001 and 2011, and a Community Survey in 2007, to extract household information. My identification strategy exploits the staggered timing and intensity in the expansion of pre-primary school facilities across municipalities in an instrumental-variables regression. I find a robust impact from the implicit child care subsidy induced by the expansion on maternal labour supply ranging from 10.4% to 13.7%. My findings suggest that early childhood development reforms aimed at raising pre-primary enrolment rates can go beyond the scope of the child, raising incentives for women to actively take part in the labour market.}},
  author       = {{Wallström, Erik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Impact of Pre-Primary Enrolment on Maternal Labour Supply in South Africa}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}