Maternal Labour Supply and School Enrolment Laws: Empirical Evidence from Brazilian Primary School Reforms
Alessandro Cusimano,
Diego da Silva Rodrigues,
Ian Jackson
Abstract:The relationship between childcare provision and mothers’ labour supply decisions is highly debated due to the potential reverse causality and resultant empirical challenges. We contribute meaningfully to this debate by discussing the effects from a reform on Brazil’s primary education system on maternal labour supply. This reform, which advanced the compulsory children’s enrolment in primary education schools from the age of 7–6, is interpreted as the provision of free childcare. Due to the imperfect complian… Show more
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