Data and Code for: Childcare, labor supply, and business development: Experimental evidence from Uganda

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Kjetil Bjorvatn, Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics and Centre for Applied Research at NHH; Denise Ferris, BRAC Uganda; Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin; Arne Nasgowitz, Centre for Applied Research at NHH; Vincent Somville, Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics; Lore Vandewalle, Geneva Graduate Institute and KU Leuven

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Project Citation: 

Bjorvatn, Kjetil, Ferris, Denise, Gulesci, Selim, Nasgowitz, Arne, Somville, Vincent, and Vandewalle, Lore. Data and Code for: Childcare, labor supply, and business development: Experimental evidence from Uganda. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E197964V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
We randomly offered a childcare subsidy, an equivalent cash grant, or both to mothers of three-to-five-year-old children. The childcare subsidy substantially increased labor supply and earnings of single mothers, highlighting the importance of time constraints for them. Among couples, childcare did not affect mothers’ labor market outcomes but instead increased fathers’ salaried employment. At the household level, childcare led to higher income, consumption and improved child development. Cash grants positively affected mothers’ labor supply and income irrespective of the household structure, suggesting the general importance of credit constraints for women’s business development.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Research Council of Norway (274557 and 262675); German Institute of Labor Economics’ Growth, Gender, and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (IZA-G2LM) research initiative (GA-5-544); Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) program (MRG 5491)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms early childhood education; economic development; employment
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Uganda
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 11/2018 – 3/2022 (End 2018 to early 2022)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 11/2018 – 3/2020
Universe:  View help for Universe Mothers and households of three-to-five-year-old children in 9 districts across Uganda.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit village

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