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Caring for Preschool Children in Urban Brazil
Author(s) -
Connelly Rachel,
DeGraff Deborah S.,
Son Deborah Levi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1996.tb00101.x
Subject(s) - child care , relevance (law) , economics , wage , demographic economics , psychology , public economics , labour economics , medicine , political science , nursing , law
This paper examines modes of child care choice for young children in urban Brazil. Analysis of child care in developing countries is rare, in spite of its relevance to many policy issues. We model child care choice as a function of characteristics of the child and the mother, including the mother's predicted wage and probability of employment, the presence of other young children and potential caregivers. The results highlight the importance of the institutional structure of the labour market and the formal child care market and reveal policy‐relevant information regarding the allocation of child care responsibility among household members.