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Preschool availability and female labor force participation : evidence from Indonesia
Halim, Daniel; Johnson, Hillary C.; Perova, Elizaveta - 2019
being hindered by a lack of affordable childcare services in the country? This paper exploits the joint variations in …
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Fertility and parental labor-force participation : new evidence from a developing country in the Balkans
Trako, Iva - 2019
Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. To …: childcare provided by non-parental adults in extended families and greater financial costs of maintaining more children …
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Childcare and maternal employment : evidence from Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hiraga, Masako; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2019
Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing … with a regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, the paper finds a sizable effect of childcare … effects of childcare attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women …
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Contrasting experiences : understanding the longer-term impact of improving access to preschool education in rural Indonesia
Hasan, Amer; Jung, Haeil; Kinnell, Angela; Maika, Amelia; … - 2019
This paper examines the longer-term impact of a project that expanded access to playgroup services in rural Indonesia. It compares the outcomes of two cohorts of children who were exposed to the same intervention at different points in time. One cohort was eligible to access playgroups during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167888
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Educator knowledge of early childhood development : evidence from Eastern Nepal
Buck, Lindsey; Fiala, Nathan; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2020
Early childhood is a crucial period for the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language development of children. Of the 200 million children who do not reach their developmental potential worldwide, 66 percent live in South Asia. This paper explores gaps in knowledge among educators in...
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The Motherhood Penalty and Female Employment in Urban India
Das, Maitreyi Bordia - 2017
young children is an increasingly important issue in women's employment decisions, in a context where formal childcare is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246337
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Dimagi : Improving Maternal and Newborn Care
Agapitova, Natalia - 2017
India suffers from a high maternal and infant mortality rate, especially in rural areas, where poor women do not receive effective care and one in every 22 infants die within one year of life. In 2010, Dimagi, in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), IntraHealth International, Real...
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