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Tots and teens: How does child’s age influence maternal labor supply and child care response to the Earned Income Tax Credit?

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Building on earlier work that shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a substantial positive effect on maternal labor supply, we show that labor supply effects are concentrated among mothers with children under age 3, with only moderate effects of the EITC on the labor supply of mothers with teenagers. These increases in labor supply are coupled with large increases in the use and cost of child care among mothers with children under age 3. Results highlight the importance of considering heterogeneous treatment effects of policy and have implications for child care policy and other family policy. (author abstract)

Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
United States

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