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Title: Tots and Teens: How Does Child’s Age Influence Maternal Labor Supply and Child Care Response to the Earned Income Tax Credit?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/711383

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Abstract: Building on earlier work that shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a substantial positive effect on maternal labor supply, we show that labor supply effects are concentrated among mothers with children under age three, with only moderate effects of the EITC on the labor supply of mothers with teenagers. These increases in labor supply are coupled with large increases in the use and cost of child care among mothers with children under age three. Results highlight the importance of considering heterogeneous treatment effects of policy and have implications for child care policy and other family policy.

Url: https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086%2F711383

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/711383

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Authors: Michelmore, Katherine; Pilkauskas, Natasha

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Economics

Issue: 4

Volume: 39

Pages: 895-929

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Work, Family, and Time

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