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La participación laboral femenina y las decisiones de cuidado infantil de las madres con ninos entre cero y cinco anos en Colombia

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  • Luz Andrea Pineros López

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El auge de la participación laboral femenina en los anos recientes ha aumentado la importancia de la decisión en los hogares sobre quién cuidará a los ninos cuando los padres están ausentes. De esta manera, este documento se centra en las opciones de cuidado de ninos entre cero y cinco anos de las mujeres que trabajan que se diferencian por sus anos de educación y el costo de oportunidad de las mismas sobre la participación en el mercado de trabajo. Usando modelos Heckprob que corrigen sesgos de selección, los resultados indican que entre menos anos de educación de la madre, ella en promedio optará por una decisión de cuidado menos costosa (optando por el cuidado de un familiar, por ejemplo). A medida que aumentan los anos de educación promedio de la madre, ella optará por centros de cuidado infantil privados, siendo esta una decisión económicamente más costosa. ***** The rise of the female labor force participation in recent years has increased the importance of the decision in households about who will care the children when parents are absent. Thus, this paper focuses on care options for children from zero to five years old of working women who differ in their years of education and the opportunity cost thereof on participation in the labor market. Using Heckprob models that correct selection bias, results indicate that the fewer years of maternal education, on average, she will opt for a decision less expensive care (opting for the care of a relative). With the increasing average years of education of the mother she will opt for private child care centers, being economically costly decision.

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  • Luz Andrea Pineros López, 2014. "La participación laboral femenina y las decisiones de cuidado infantil de las madres con ninos entre cero y cinco anos en Colombia," Revista IB 12992, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - DANE.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000482:012992
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