Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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dc.contributor.author	Krafft, Caroline
dc.contributor.author	Lassassi, Moundir
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-05T21:32:40Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-05T21:32:40Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08-14
dc.description.abstract	Globally, employment rates of women remain substantially below those of men. Since women disproportionately care for children, policies that offer care alternatives or lower the cost of care, should, theoretically, increase women’s employment. This paper tests whether public pre-primary education can increase women’s employment, using a natural experiment in Algeria. Education reforms in Algeria substantially expanded public preprimary, targeting children aged five. The paper uses data from 2006 (early in the expansion), 2012, and 2018 (after pre-primary had substantially expanded). The analyses use a discontinuity in whether children are eligible for pre-primary, based on their birthdates, to identify the effect of pre-primary on women’s employment. Increased pre-primary education did not increase and may have actually decreased women’s employment. One potential explanation for these findings is the half-day schedule of pre-primary may be difficult to reconcile with employment. Negative effects are concentrated among women living in nuclear families, who lack alternative caregivers.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41385
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41385
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	PRE-PRIMARY
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	ALGERIA
dc.title	Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria	en
dc.title.subtitle	Evidence from a Natural Experiment	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.crossref.title	Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
okr.date.disclosure	2024-04-05
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-02-02T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhad024
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Algeria
okr.topic	Education::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.topic	Education::Early Childhood Development
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	EFI-ECA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EECPV)
okr.volume	38 (1)
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