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Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families

Meier, Volker; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2019

We analyse a model in which families may either be “traditional” single-earner with caring for the child at home or “modern” double-earner households using market child care. Family policies may favour either the one or the other group, like market care subsidies vs. cash for care....

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Modes of child care

Glomm, Gerhard; Meier, Volker - 2016

We model choices between caring for an infant at home or through some market provision of child care. Maternal labor supply necessitates child care purchased in the market. Households are distinguished along three dimensions: (i) Exogenous income, (ii) the wage rate of the primary care giver and...

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Can parents afford to work? : Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives

Immervoll, Herwig (contributor); Barbero, David (contributor) - 2005

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Can parents afford to work? : Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives

Immervoll, Herwig (contributor); Barber, David (contributor) - 2006

Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. This paper … quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of … influences on household budgets, including fees charged by childcare providers as well as childcare-related tax concessions and …

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