This paper uses applied macro–micro policy modeling and simulation to explore the
gendered impact of increased public expenditures on Early Childhood Education and Care …

Recent policy debates on macroeconomic tools to counteract the prolonged global
economic recession point to the potential of fiscal policies with appropriate sectoral targets …

The report is prepared by Istanbul Technical University Women's Studies Center and the
Levy Economics Institute with the partnership of the International Labour Organization (ILO) …

Expanding childcare is often considered as a suitable way to enhance employment
opportunities for mothers with young children as well as to reduce child poverty. In this study …

Inequalities in work time might provide important insights on how poverty is experienced by
people. Despite the growing body of literature on poverty and intra-household allocation of …

This discussion paper makes the case for investing in free universal childcare services of
high quality in order to reduce gender inequality in earnings and employment. It estimates …

This paper examines the short-run and medium-run impact of spending in social
infrastructure, defined as expenditure in education, childcare, health and social care, wages …

Recent policy debates on closing the education gender gap in developing countries have
focused on cash transfers, but standard models of intrahousehold allocation imply that …

5.1 There has been a steady decline in female labor force participation in Turkey, owing
mainly to substantial changes in agriculture, resulting in rural-urban migration and the …

By focusing on a period of a major public childcare expansion in Germany, this study
investigates whether higher levels of childcare coverage for under-threes have been …