Our study explores the impact of selection criteria on the costs and benefits of early childcare for mothers … municipalities in assigning childcare slots. In Italy, only around 13% of the demand for public childcare coverage is met, and the … Italian sample of households with children under 3 years of age (European Survey on Living and Income Conditions), and the …

This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children … childcare availability has positive and significant effects on both mothers' working status and children's language test scores …. The effects are stronger when the degree of rationing is high and for low educated mothers and children living in lower …

following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is … especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long pre-birth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the …

following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is … especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long prebirth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the …