The availability of child care centers, perceived search costs and parental life satisfaction

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dc.contributor.authorYamauchi, Chikako
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:00:54Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:31:01Z
dc.description.abstractThe supply of formal childcare has expanded in many developed countries. However, there is ambiguity in the theory whether the entry of care providers increases consumers' surplus in a market with differentiated services, such as childcare. This study empirically investigates how perceived search costs and parental life satisfaction change when actual childcare availability is altered. It exploits the new panel data from Australia on the number of center-based childcare places per 100 children within a household's residential area. The results show that an increase in the availability of center-based childcare is associated with a decrease in perceived difficulty in finding 'good quality' childcare, as well as an increase in mothers' satisfaction with the amount of free time available. These findings imply that the local availability of center-based childcare has enhanced the subjective well-being of parents.
dc.identifier.issn1569-5239
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/61538
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceReview of Economics of the Household
dc.subjectKeywords: Child care; Consumers' surplus; Entry; Life satisfaction; Search
dc.titleThe availability of child care centers, perceived search costs and parental life satisfaction
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage253
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage231
local.contributor.affiliationYamauchi, Chikako, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4296265@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidYamauchi, Chikako, u4296265
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor140299 - Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB619
local.identifier.citationvolume8
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s11150-009-9071-8
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77952099232
local.identifier.thomsonID000283083500003
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByf2965
local.type.statusPublished Version

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