|   |
Assessing the Impact of Childcare Expansion in Mexico: Time Use, Employment, and Poverty
Thomas Masterson, Rania Antonopoulos, Luiza Nassif Pires, Fernando Rios-Avila, and Ajit Zacharias
Senior Scholars Rania Antonopoulos, Thomas Masterson, and Ajit Zacharias, and Research Scholars Luiza Nassif Pires and Fernando Rios-Avila, build on previous studies for Turkey, Ghana, and Tanzania by constructing a combined time-use and income-employment dataset for Mexico to evaluate the net effects a proposed childcare expansion could have on earnings and work hours, with results indicating that increased social care spending reduces gender employment gaps while also helping to alleviate the twin deprivations of time and income poverty.
Read complete text (pdf) |
Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy |
Backed by over 30 years of proven policy impact, the Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy provide innovative approaches to topics such as time use, poverty, gender, student debt, and employment that other programs neglect, encouraging students to evaluate policies, examine behavior, and dig deeper into the social phenomena that underlie economic outcomes.
Along with a challenging academic environment, the Levy programs also offer a supporting and caring community where students benefit from sharing their research with faculty and their peers to promote academic exchanges and intellectual collaboration.
To find out more, visit bard.edu/levygrad or follow the program’s Facebook page.
Interested students should contact the Institute at [email protected] for more information. Scholarships are available. |
| | | |
|
You are receiving this e-mail because you either signed up at the Levy Institute website or filled out a request card asking to be placed on this list. If you have trouble accessing the Levy Institute's website, please send a brief description of the problem to [email protected].
Copyright © 1986–2022, Levy Economics Institute, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000. All rights reserved.
No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence, or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein.
|
|
|
