Tax Credits, Labor Supply, and Child Care

We explore the impact of the child care tax credit in the U.S. income tax system on the labor supply decisions of married women with young children by incorporating the cost of child care into a structural labor supply model. Using data from the 1986 NLSY, we find that government subsidies to child...

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Volume:	79
Main Author:	Susan L. Averett H. Elizabeth Peters Donald M. Waldman
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	CAMBRIDGE MIT Press 01.02.1997 M I T PRESS
published in:	The review of economics and statistics Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 125 - 135
Data of publication:	19970201
ISSN:	0034-6535 1530-9142 1530-9142
EISSN:	1530-9142
Discipline:	Economics Statistics
Subjects:	Labor costs Labor supply Income estimates Income taxes Tax credits Cost estimates Subsidies Child care Mothers Cost efficiency Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods ECONOMETRICS STATE COSTS MODEL BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 1997 CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS