Data and Code for: Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Maria Montoya Aguirre, Paris School off Economics; Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, World Bank; S Anukriti, World Bank; Alena Sakhonchik, World Bank
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Project Citation:
Montoya Aguirre, Maria, Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys, Anukriti, S, and Sakhonchik, Alena. Data and Code for: Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women’s Economic Empowerment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-04-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E227802V1
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These files include programs and data for the article: "Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment".
This paper investigates the effects of legislation governing the availability, affordability, or quality of center-based childcare services on women’s labor market outcomes around the world. Using a difference-in-difference design, we find that childcare laws increase female labor force participation (FLFP) by up to 2.2 percent. Affordability has the largest positive impact, followed by availability and quality. Results indicate gradual improvements in FLFP post-law enactment, highlighting the role of legislation in addressing gendered caregiving burdens and enhancing women’s economic opportunities. These findings underscore the importance of how childcare laws offer instrumental returns in other dimensions of gender equality and economic development.
This paper investigates the effects of legislation governing the availability, affordability, or quality of center-based childcare services on women’s labor market outcomes around the world. Using a difference-in-difference design, we find that childcare laws increase female labor force participation (FLFP) by up to 2.2 percent. Affordability has the largest positive impact, followed by availability and quality. Results indicate gradual improvements in FLFP post-law enactment, highlighting the role of legislation in addressing gendered caregiving burdens and enhancing women’s economic opportunities. These findings underscore the importance of how childcare laws offer instrumental returns in other dimensions of gender equality and economic development.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Female Labor Force Participation;
childcare;
legislation;
gender
JEL Classification:
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J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
K38 Human Rights Law; Gender Law
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
K38 Human Rights Law; Gender Law
Geographic Coverage:
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global
Time Period(s):
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1991 – 2022
Data Type(s):
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aggregate data
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country
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