A study that compared various policies in 22 industrialized countries found: More than parental leave or flexible schedules, it was government spending on early childhood care and education that had the single biggest effect on boosting women’s employment, earnings and fertility rate and on decreasing gender pay gaps. Read the full text here.
By Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 31, Number 1, Winter 2017, pages 205–230.