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Child Care Provision: Semiparametric Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico

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  • Marta Rubio Codina
  • Pierre Dubois

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We estimate the impact of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, on the time mothers and older sisters spend taking care of children younger than 3. We exploit the random allocation of the program and heterogeneity in household composition for identification, and apply the methodology in Lewbel [2000]. We find that mothers in treatment households substitute their first teenage daughter in the provision of child care. As a result, daughters devote more time to schooling and less time to taking care of their younger siblings. Overall, total household hours to child care increase. These findings indicate that Progresa not only fosters human capital accumulation through keeping teenage girls in school but also through more and arguably better (mother provided) child care.

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  • Marta Rubio Codina & Pierre Dubois, 2012. "Child Care Provision: Semiparametric Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 105-106, pages 155-184.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:2012:i:105-106:p:155-184
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    1. Baez, Javier E. & Camacho, Adriana, 2011. "Assessing the Long-term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Human Capital: Evidence from Colombia," IZA Discussion Papers 5751, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Seth R. Gitter & James Manley & Bradford Barham, 2011. "The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers," Research Department Publications 4715, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
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    6. Jacobus de Hoop & Furio C. Rosati, 2014. "Cash Transfers and Child Labor," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 29(2), pages 202-234.
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    JEL classification:

    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General

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