Filling the Gaps : Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment (English)

This paper aims to provide global evidence on whether and what attributes of laws governing the provision of childcare services affect women's labor market outcomes. It merges country-year-level data from the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law database, which documents childcare laws across countries, with data on women's labor force participation from ILOSTAT. Using a difference-in-difference estimation framework, the analysis finds that the...

DETAILS

Author

S Anukriti;

Lelys Dinarte;

Marina Elefante;

Montoya-Aguirre,Maria;

Alena Sakhonchik;
Document Date
2023/06/20
Report Number
WPS10492
Volume No
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2023/06/21
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Filling the Gaps : Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

Official PDF
TXT*
Total Downloads** : 5506
Download Stats
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

S Anukriti; Lelys Dinarte; Marina Elefante; Montoya-Aguirre,Maria; Alena Sakhonchik.

Filling the Gaps : Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10492; Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099018006212310610

Filling the Gaps : Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment (English)

DETAILS

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Citation

RELATED LINKS

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS