The effect of distance between childcare centre and residence on maternal labour market outcomes

• Main Authors: Chan, Qi Yu, Heng, Crystal Si Ying, Ho, Reen Wan Li
• Other Authors: Leong Kaiwen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156282
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In studying the effect of geographical proximity to childcare on mothers’ employment, past research had found mixed results and typically did not attempt to address potential endogeneity problems. Our study adopts an instrumental variable (IV) approach in examining the effect of distance between chi...