Discussion Papers no. 885

An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model

Norwegian parents of preschool children base their care choices on a completely different choice set from their predecessor.

Now there is essentially only one type of nonparental care – center-based care – and on the parental side fathers take a more pivotal role in early childhood care. In the present paper we develop and estimate a joint labor supply and child care choice model that takes account of these new characteristics, on the assumption that this model points to current and future modeling directions for several other economies too. Estimations suggest that the average wage elasticity for mothers is 0.25–0.30.

About the publication

Title

An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model

Author

Thor O. Thoresen and Trine E. Vattø

Series and number

Discussion Papers no. 885

Publisher

Statistisk sentralbyrå

Topic

Discussion Papers

ISSN

1892-753X

Number of pages

59

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Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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