Essays on Child Care and Higher Education

This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether fathers influence the time their children spend in subsidized child care. Two non-nested models of family child care demand are estimated. The parameter estimates indicate that several characteristics of the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmlund, Linda
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-26013
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-839-5
id ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-umu-26013
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-umu-260132013-01-08T13:05:31ZEssays on Child Care and Higher EducationengHolmlund, LindaUmeå universitet, NationalekonomiUmeå : Institutionen för nationalekonomi2009Child care demandsubsidized child caredual care provider modellocal public expendituresincome taxationcollege qualityearningsselection on observablesuniversity choiceearnings distributionEconomicsNationalekonomiThis thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether fathers influence the time their children spend in subsidized child care. Two non-nested models of family child care demand are estimated. The parameter estimates indicate that several characteristics of the father are associated with the time his child spends in child care. J-tests and bootstrapped J-tests also show that a model where the father’s characteristics are excluded can be rejected in favour of a model where his characteristics are included. Paper [II] considers the effects of the Swedish child care fee reform on public expenditures and taxation in the municipalities. A difference-in-difference approach is employed where outcomes are compared with respect to the municipalities’ pre-reform fee systems. The results show that pre-reform characteristics determine taxes and child care expenditures in the post-reform period. It is also found that changes in child care quality were not connected to the pre-reform systems characteristics. Paper [III] provides evidence of the effect of college quality on earnings in Sweden. The results suggest that the link between college quality and earnings is weak. A small positive effect is found for individuals that are likely to work full time. Controlling for region of work affects the estimated effects, indicating a correlation between choice of college quality and choice of labour market region. In Paper [IV], earnings differences between transfer and non-transfer students are analysed. The results show that earnings, during the first years after leaving the university, are significantly lower for students who change universities compared to students who do not change. The earnings differences decrease significantly over time and over the earnings distribution. Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summaryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-26013urn:isbn:978-91-7264-839-5Umeå economic studies, 0348-1018application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
collection NDLTD
language English
format Doctoral Thesis
sources NDLTD
topic Child care demand
subsidized child care
dual care provider model
local public expenditures
income taxation
college quality
earnings
selection on observables
university choice
earnings distribution
Economics
Nationalekonomi
spellingShingle Child care demand
subsidized child care
dual care provider model
local public expenditures
income taxation
college quality
earnings
selection on observables
university choice
earnings distribution
Economics
Nationalekonomi
Holmlund, Linda
Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
description This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether fathers influence the time their children spend in subsidized child care. Two non-nested models of family child care demand are estimated. The parameter estimates indicate that several characteristics of the father are associated with the time his child spends in child care. J-tests and bootstrapped J-tests also show that a model where the father’s characteristics are excluded can be rejected in favour of a model where his characteristics are included. Paper [II] considers the effects of the Swedish child care fee reform on public expenditures and taxation in the municipalities. A difference-in-difference approach is employed where outcomes are compared with respect to the municipalities’ pre-reform fee systems. The results show that pre-reform characteristics determine taxes and child care expenditures in the post-reform period. It is also found that changes in child care quality were not connected to the pre-reform systems characteristics. Paper [III] provides evidence of the effect of college quality on earnings in Sweden. The results suggest that the link between college quality and earnings is weak. A small positive effect is found for individuals that are likely to work full time. Controlling for region of work affects the estimated effects, indicating a correlation between choice of college quality and choice of labour market region. In Paper [IV], earnings differences between transfer and non-transfer students are analysed. The results show that earnings, during the first years after leaving the university, are significantly lower for students who change universities compared to students who do not change. The earnings differences decrease significantly over time and over the earnings distribution.
author Holmlund, Linda
author_facet Holmlund, Linda
author_sort Holmlund, Linda
title Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
title_short Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
title_full Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
title_fullStr Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
title_full_unstemmed Essays on Child Care and Higher Education
title_sort essays on child care and higher education
publisher Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi
publishDate 2009
url http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-26013
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-839-5
work_keys_str_mv AT holmlundlinda essaysonchildcareandhighereducation
_version_ 1716508676578082816