This paper aims to provide global evidence on whether and what attributes of laws governing the provision of childcare services affect women's labor market outcomes. It merges country-year-level data from the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law database, which documents childcare laws across countries, with data on women's labor force participation from ILOSTAT. Using a difference-in-difference estimation framework, the analysis finds that the...
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2023/06/20
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WPS10492
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2023/06/21
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Filling the Gaps : Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment