Child Care and Female Labor Supply in Taiwan--An Application of Cogan's Fixed Cost Model
Resource
經濟論文叢刊, 25(4), 493-520
Journal
經濟論文叢刊
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
4
Pages
493-520
Date Issued
1997-12
Date
1997-12
Author(s)
Tan, L.T.
Yu, R.R.
Abstract
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical model of child care and the labor supply of married women. Unlike previous studies, we treat child care costs as a mother's fixed cost associated with entry into the labor market. According to Cogan (1981), an implication of the existence of entry costs is that individuals will not be willing to work below reservation hours. A maximum likelihood estimator that allows reservation hours to be nonzero and differ randomly among individuals is developed. Using data from the 1993 Survey of Fertility and Employment of Married Women in the Taiwan Area, our estimation results reveal that the entry cost model is superior to conventional models in predicting hours of work and decisions as to whether one workds and whether one uses market care.
Subjects
幼兒看護
婦女勞動供給
Cogan勞動市場進入成本模型
付費看護需求函數
托兒支出函數
Child care
Female labor supply
Cogais fixed cost modal
Market care utilization equation
Market care cost function
Type
journal article
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