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
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An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model
- Author
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Thor O. Thoresen and Trine E. Vattø
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Discussion Papers no. 885
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Statistisk sentralbyrå
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Discussion Papers
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1892-753X
- About Discussion Papers
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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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