Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
between losing earnings and attending to childcare responsibilities. To date, 14 states and the District of Columbia have … providing childcare using time diaries from the 2004-2022 American Time Use Survey. Findings from difference …-in-differences estimators suggest that post-mandate, parental time spent providing childcare increases by 4.9%. Effects are generally stronger …