Data and Code for: Child Care Subsidies, Quality, and Optimal Income Taxation

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Spencer Bastani, Linnaeus University; Sören Blomquist, Uppsala University; Luca Micheletto, University of Milan

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Project Citation: 

Bastani, Spencer, Blomquist, Sören , and Micheletto, Luca. Data and Code for: Child Care Subsidies, Quality, and Optimal Income Taxation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-10-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116562V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study child care subsidies in a Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where parents choose both the quantity and quality of child care. Child care services not only enable parents to work, but also contribute to children's human capital. We examine the conditions under which child care expenditures should be encouraged or discouraged by the tax system under different assumptions regarding the available policy instruments. Using a quantitative model calibrated to the US economy, we illustrate the possibility that child care expenditures should be taxed rather than subsidized, and discuss the merits of public provision schemes for child care.


Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Jan Wallander och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse; Nordic Tax Research Council

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms optimal income taxation; child care ; government subsidies; tax credit; public provision of private goods
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H21 Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
      H41 Public Goods
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States, California
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2003 – 2006
Universe:  View help for Universe Paper uses publicly available data covering households in the US.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) program source code; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015). "American Time Use Survey 2015." United States Department of Labor. https://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart2.txt. Accessed Febuary 2020.

NBER (2007). "CPS Labor Extracts 1979 - 2006", National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Accessed January 2007.

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