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TL;DR
It found that childcare significantly reduces women's employment chances, while elderly care does not, and that local kindergarten services can help mitigate the childcare burden.
Frontiers in Psychology · 4 authors, 2 centres
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It found that childcare significantly reduces women's employment chances, while elderly care does not, and that local kindergarten services can help mitigate the childcare burden.
This study analyzed data from the China Family Panel Studies and conducted interviews with 12 rural women to assess how caregiving for children and the elderly impacts the employment of married women. The analysis also indicates that rural kindergarten public services help women by increasing employment by 3.97%, while primary school services do not. The implications suggest that expanding formal childcare and basic education services could support women's labor force participation in similar contexts.