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The Effects of Childcare: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluati...
This paper from the Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab tests the impact of community-based childcare facilities on the welfare of women and children. The randomized evaluation of childcare centers, w...
The Impact of Preschool Expansion on Firm Productivity
The rapid expansion of preschools in Indonesia between 2002 and 2014 gives the researchers data to test whether childcare services increase productivity of manufacturing plants by improving the alloca...
Care Work and Intra-Household Tensions during COVID-19: Evid...
This note examines gender disparities in care work and intra-household tensions among online gig workers in India. The data was collected as part of an online experiment in April 2020, shortly after l...
Gender, Unpaid Work and Care in India (2022)
A multidisciplinary compilation that explores the paradox of paid and unpaid work by women in India, with chapters on sectoral trends in employment, macroeconomic policies, time use surveys, climate c...
Three Ways How Governments Can Support Affordable Childcare ...
Three policies could prove effective in improving childcare affordability, based on a pilot study by the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 team. These are free public provision, financial ...
Access to Childcare to Improve Women’s Economic Empowerment ...
This summary of policy insights from J-PAL provides a synopsis of evidence on childcare and WEE from nine randomized evaluations undertaken in eight low- and middle-income countries. It notes that whe...
Childcare Arrangements for Low-Income Families: Evidence fro...
This discussion paper from the World Bank provides a handy summary of different childcare models around the world, including an in-depth case study from India. The report concludes that there are cost...
A Needs Assessment of Low-income Mothers and Childcare Provi...
Bangladesh stands out on childcare with the enactment of the 2021 Child Daycare Center Bill that seeks to comprehensively regulate the sector which has seen increasing demand – given rapid urbanizatio...
Valuing Unpaid Care Work in Bhutan (2020)
In the first study to estimate the market value of unpaid care work in Bhutan, findings from this paper show that it equates to 16% of Gross Domestic Product and over two-thirds of this monetary value...
Everyday Superheroes: Exploring Unpaid Care Work by Women
The Development Podcast at the World Bank explores the economic impact on women of unpaid care work with three speakers who share their own experiences and insights and offer steps that both men and w...