Bastian, Jacob
The rise of working mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit / Jacob Bastian .-- , 2020
Bibliografía
The rise of working mothers radically changed the US economy and the role of women in society. In one of the first studies of the 1975 introduction of the Earned Income Tax Credit, I find that this program increased maternal employment by 6 percent, representing 1 million mothers and an elasticity of 0.58. The EITC may help explain why the US has long had such a high fraction of working mothers despite few childcare subsidies or parental leave policies. I also find suggestive evidence that this influx of working mothers affected social attitudes and led to higher approval of working women.
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American Economic Journal : Economic Policy 1945-7731volume 12, number 3, august 2020, p. 44-75
The rise of working mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit / Jacob Bastian .-- , 2020
Bibliografía
The rise of working mothers radically changed the US economy and the role of women in society. In one of the first studies of the 1975 introduction of the Earned Income Tax Credit, I find that this program increased maternal employment by 6 percent, representing 1 million mothers and an elasticity of 0.58. The EITC may help explain why the US has long had such a high fraction of working mothers despite few childcare subsidies or parental leave policies. I also find suggestive evidence that this influx of working mothers affected social attitudes and led to higher approval of working women.
MADRES
TRABAJO
IMPUESTOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS
American Economic Journal : Economic Policy 1945-7731volume 12, number 3, august 2020, p. 44-75