Childcare, Private Education, and Married Women’s Employment in South Korea

• 발행기관: 한국재정학회(구 한국재정·공공경제학회)
• 저자명: 김현숙(Hyunsook Kim) 정진화(Jin Hwa Jung)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국재정학회 학술대회 논문집』2018년도 추계학술대회 논문집, 1~35쪽, 전체 35쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.10.30

영문 초록

This paper analyzes the impact of childcare and education of children on married women’s work decisions in South Korea. Specifically, we focus on the role in maternal employment of governmental childcare subsidy for preschool children and the private tutoring cost for mostly school-aged children. In terms of methodology, we use the panel probit analysis and IV panel analysis for mother’s decision of labor market participation and working hours, respectively, using the longitudinal KLIPS data. Empirical results indicate that free childcare for preschool children raises married women’s labor market participation, but not working hours. Furthermore, high private tutoring cost lowers market participation of mothers with preschool children or elementary school students, but raises the likelihood of market work for the mothers with middle or high school students. In response to the high private tutoring cost, only the mothers with children who are low-graders in elementary school reduce their working hours to secure their own nurturing time. This difference in mothers’ response to private tutoring cost according to their children’s age may reflect the varying comparative advantage of their own time over the institutional services in nurturing children. The estimated quality of childcare by mothers reaches the highest when their children are toddlers.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Model and Methodology

Ⅳ. Empirical Results

Ⅴ. Concluding Remarks

키워드

Maternal employment labor force participation working hours private tutoring childcare