The effects of child care for school-aged children on female labor supply

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530258
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Yoko 名古屋市立大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00326159)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAKAMOTO Kazuyasu 群馬大学, 社会情報学部, 准教授 (40470108)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 女性労働 / 保育サービス / 学童保育 / ファミリー・フレンドリー施策 / ワーク・ライフ・バランス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examine the effects of after-school care on female labor supply of those who are bringing up school-aged children. We use two types of longitudinal surveys, Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers and Longitudinal Survey of Adults in the 21st Century. We find that provision of after-school care have the positive effects on female labor supply, especially as regular workers. In addition to formal after-school care, it is important for fathers to be involved into child rearing in order to encourage labor force participation of mothers with school-aged children. The empirical results support to enhance provision of child care for school-aged children and to improve working conditions at fathers' workplaces.

Free Research Field

労働経済学