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Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being

The quasi-experimental Quebec study drew from National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth records containing observations through age five, but selected children ages zero to four in married or cohabiting two-parent families for its contemporaneous labor, child, and parent analysis. It found higher childcare use and maternal employment alongside adverse changes in several child and family measures; the age and family restrictions limit transfer to other populations.

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Michael Baker, Jonathan Gruber, and Kevin Milligan, NBER Working Paper 11832, 2005.

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The quasi-experimental Quebec study drew from National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth records containing observations through age five, but selected children ages zero to four in married or cohabiting two-parent families for its contemporaneous labor, child, and parent analysis. It found higher childcare use and maternal employment alongside adverse changes in several child and family measures; the age and family restrictions limit transfer to other populations.

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