Could Childcare Services Improve Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia?

• Tác giả: Daniel Halim
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 336.59 Public finance
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 319508
• Chủ đề: 1. CHILDCARE; 2. FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; 3. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; 4. LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; 5. LABOR MARKET

Tóm tắt

In this brief, the authors explore whether lack of access to childcare is a constraint to female labor force participation (LFP) in Indonesia, a country where female LFP lags far below the regional average. Using household and labor force survey data, we find that low female LFP is linked to unsatisfied childcare needs - after childbirth, lack of access to informal childcare is associated with a longer absence from the workforce for women and a switch into less lucrative occupations or unpaid family work.