Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production

Bernal, R; Keane, MP

Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production

Bernal, R Keane, MP

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Citation:: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), pp. 164 - 189
Issue Date:: 2010-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bernal, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Keane, MP	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), pp. 164 - 189	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0304-4076	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13958
dc.description.abstract	This article evaluates the effects of maternal vs. alternative care providers' time inputs on children's cognitive development using the sample of single mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. To deal with the selection problem created by unobserved heterogeneity of mothers and children, we develop a model of mother's employment and childcare decisions. We then obtain approximate decision rules for employment and childcare use, and estimate these jointly with the child's cognitive ability production function. To help identify our selection model, we take advantage of the plausibly exogenous variation in employment and childcare choices of single mothers generated by the variation in welfare rules across states and over time created by the 1996 welfare reform legislation and earlier State waivers. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Econometrics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.015	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Econometrics	en_US
dc.title	Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	156	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

This article evaluates the effects of maternal vs. alternative care providers' time inputs on children's cognitive development using the sample of single mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. To deal with the selection problem created by unobserved heterogeneity of mothers and children, we develop a model of mother's employment and childcare decisions. We then obtain approximate decision rules for employment and childcare use, and estimate these jointly with the child's cognitive ability production function. To help identify our selection model, we take advantage of the plausibly exogenous variation in employment and childcare choices of single mothers generated by the variation in welfare rules across states and over time created by the 1996 welfare reform legislation and earlier State waivers. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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