Does providing childcare to unemployed affect unemployment duration?

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to offer child¬care to unemployed parents for at least 15 hours per week. In the study difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-in-differences methods are used. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available, but no effect is found for fathers. For mothers, some heterogeneous effects are also found, with a greater effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university education and mothers with two children.Unemployment duration; childcare

Paid parental leave to immigrants: An obstacle to labor market entrance?

This paper evaluates how access to paid parental leave affects labor market entrance for immigrating mothers with small children. Paid parental leave together with job protection may increase labor force participation among women but if it is too generous it may create incentives to stay out of the labor force. This incentive effect may be especially true for mothers immigrating to a country where having small children automatically makes the mothers eligible for the benefit. To evaluate the differences in the assimilation process for those who have access to the parental leave benefit and those who do not, Swedish administration data is used in a difference-in-differences specification to control for both time in the country and the age of the youngest child. The results show that labor market entrance is delayed for mothers and that they are less likely to be a part of the labor force for up to seven years after theír residence permit if they had access to parental leave benefits when they came to Sweden. This reduction in the labor force participation is to some extent driven by unemployment since the effect on employment is smaller. But there is still an effect on employment of 3 percentage points lower participation rates 2-6 years after immigration

Does Providing Childcare to Unemployed Affect Unemployment Duration?

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to offer childcare to unemployed parents for at least 15 hours per week. In the study difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-indifferences methods are used. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available, but no effect is found for fathers. For mothers, some heterogeneous effects are also found, with a greater effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university educationand mothers with two children

Hur påverkar tillgång till barnomsorg arbetslösa föräldrars sannolikhet att få arbete?

I denna artikel undersöker jag om arbetslösa småbarnsföräldrars sannolikhet att hitta arbete förändras om de under perioden av arbetslöshet har tillgång till barnomsorg. För att undersöka detta använder jag en del av den svenska maxtaxereformen som gjorde det obligatoriskt för de svenska kommunerna att erbjuda arbetslösa föräldrar barnomsorg. Resultatet tyder på att sannolikheten att få ett arbete ökar för kvinnor när de har tillgång till barnomsorg, men ingen effekt hittas för män

Does Providing Childcare to Unemployed Affect Unemployment Duration?

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to offer childcare to unemployed parents for at least 15 hours per week. In the study difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-indifferences methods are used. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available, but no effect is found for fathers. For mothers, some heterogeneous effects are also found, with a greater effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university education and mothers with two children.Unemployment duration; Childcare

Does Providing Childcare to Unemployed Affect Unemployment Duration?

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to oer childcare to unemployed parents for at least 15 hours per week. In the study dierence-in-dierences and dierence-in-dierence-indi erences methods are used. The results indicate a positive eect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available, but no eect is found for fathers. For mothers, some heterogeneous eects are also found, with a greater eect on the probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university education and mothers with two children.Unemployment duration; Childcare

Nya lokala partier i Sverige : En studie av möjligha orsaker till partibildningar på lokal nivå åren 1982-2002

I denna uppsats undersöks under vilka omständigheter det är mer sannolikt att lokala partier uppstår. Partibildningar åren 1982 till 2002 undersöks och ett flertal hypoteser kring varför partier bildas testas med regressionsanalys. Det tycks som att den ekonomiska situationen i en kommun inte påverkar sannolikheten för att ett nytt parti uppstår. Däremot finns det en spridningseffekt av partier, nya partier bildas i högre utsträckning i områden där det sedan tidigare är vanligt med partibildningar. Vi finner också att ett byte av styrande föregående val ökar sannolikheten för att nya partier bildas, i motsats till vad vi förväntat oss. Slutligen finner vi att ett nytt lokalt parti tar proportionellt fler röster från det styrande blocket än från oppositionen

Dynamic effects of mandatory activation of welfare participants

Previous literature shows that activation requirements for welfare participants decrease welfare participation. However, the dynamics have not been examined, and often only exit effects this paper, we look more closely at the transition rates into and out of welfare. Using register data on the entire population of Stockholm, we are able to capture how both entry and exit rates were a when activation requirements were introduced at different times in Stockholm’s city districts. The results indicate that the main reduction in welfare participation is due to a small increase in exit rates. The part of the population that is at risk of entering into welfare, though, experiences a reduction in entry rates due to the reform. There are also heterogeneous effects young individuals. In addition, there are larger effects on exit rates for unmarried individuals without children compared to the population as a whole

Dynamic effects of mandatory activation of welfare participants

Previous literature shows that activation requirements for welfare participants decrease welfare participation. However, the dynamics have not been examined, and often only exit effects are analyzed. In this paper, we look more closely at the transition rates into and out of welfare. Using register data on the entire population of Stockholm, we are able to capture how both entry and exit rates were affected when activation requirements were introduced at different times in Stockholm’s city districts. The results indicate that the main reduction in welfare participation is due to a small increase in exit rates. The part of the population that is at risk of entering into welfare, though, experiences a reduction in entry rates due to the reform. There are also heterogeneous effects, namely, large effects on entry rates for young individuals. In addition, there are larger effects on exit rates for unmarried individuals without children compared to the population as a whole.Welfare reform; mandatory activation program; welfare entry; welfare exit