Rammohan, Anu; Whelan, Stephen - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
Using data from the HILDA (Household Income and Labour Dynamics), this paper examines the implications of child care … ordered probit model taking into account the endogeneity associated with both wages and child care costs. Results indicate … that child care costs have a statistically insignificant effect on the decision to work either full time or part time …