Information and women's intentions. Experimental evidence about child care.

Autor/inn/en	Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara; Billari, Francesco
Titel	Information and women's intentions. Experimental evidence about child care. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Information und weibliche Intentionen: experimentelle Erkenntnisse über die Kinderbetreuung.
Quelle	In: European journal of population, 33 (2017) 1, S. 109-128Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0168-6577; 1572-9885
DOI	10.1007/s10680-016-9400-6
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Stereotyp; Kognitive Kompetenz; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Familie; Frau; Geschlechterrolle; Bildungsertrag; Kind; Kinderbetreuung; Kindergarten; Kindertagesstätte; Motivation; Beschäftigungseffekt; Beruf; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Erwerbsverhalten; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Inanspruchnahme; Informationsangebot; Präferenz; Italien
Abstract	"We investigate the effect of providing information about the benefits to children of attending formal child care when women intend to use formal child care so they can work. We postulate that the reaction to the information differs across women according to their characteristics, specifically their level of education. We present a randomized experiment in which 700 Italian women of reproductive age with no children are exposed to positive information about formal child care through a text message or a video, while others are not. We find a positive effect on the intention to use formal child care and a negative effect on the intention to work. This average result hides important heterogeneities: the positive effect on formal child care use is driven by high-educated women, while the negative effect on work intention is found only among less-educated women. These findings may be explained by women's education reflecting their work-family orientation, and their ability to afford formal child care." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/3