Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-189

  Bernal, Raquel ^a   Keane, Michael P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child cognitive development; Childcare; Female labor supply; Human capital

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION RULES; HUMAN CAPITALS; LABOR SUPPLY; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; SELECTION MODEL; SELECTION PROBLEMS; SINGLE MOTHERS; STRUCTURAL ESTIMATION; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY; WELFARE REFORMS;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77950019889     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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