Efficient child care subsidies

We study the design of child care subsidies in an optimal welfare problem with heterogeneous private market productivities. The optimal subsidy schedule is qualitatively similar to the existing US scheme. Efficiency mandates a subsidy on formal child care costs, with higher subsidies paid to lower i...

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Main Authors: HO, Christine, PAVONI, Nicola
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2026
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3025/viewcontent/aer.20170581.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English