Document Type
Article
Abstract
The cost of child care varies from state to state and ranges from $3,911 to $11,669 per year. Does the cost deter women from entering the labor force? I use an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model to investigate whether states with higher costs of child care have lower female labor force participation rates (LFPR). I find that the cost of child care is a significant factor in the labor force participation model, but doesn’t have the expected negative impact.
Publication Date
Spring 2013
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
23
Last Page
35
Copyright
©2013 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Knobloch, Kirstin
(2013)
"Differences in Child Care Costs Between States and Their Influence on Female Labor Force Participation,"
Major Themes in Economics, 15, 23-35.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol15/iss1/4