11 Apr 2022
We are very pleased to welcome Professor Selim GULESCI, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland:
Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Abstract
We implement a large-scale field experiment in Uganda randomly offering mothers of 3--5-year-old children a childcare subsidy, an equivalent cash grant, both or nothing. This allows us to provide evidence on the relative importance of time and credit constraints on women's labor supply and business development in a low-income context. We find that childcare has an important impact on household income, at least as large as that of the cash grant. The childcare subsidy also improves child development, while cash does not. We conclude that childcare subsidies are a cost-effective policy to promote income generation and child development.
For those of you who are unable to attend in person, there will also be the option to follow the seminar on Zoom, but please use this option only if you cannot come:
https://unige.zoom.us/j/92174058964
Meeting ID: 921 7405 8964
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