Blog » What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Note 5: Care Policies and Care Services (2023)
What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Note 5: Care Policies and Care Services (2023)
Fifth in the series of systematic reviews carried out by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab, this brief reviewed thousands of potential studies on the impact of childcare interventions on selected WEE outcomes and found five that met rigorous impact evaluation criteria. These studies provide important insights. First, in the presence of other constraints, the impact of childcare on WEE may be muted. Second, aggregate effects hide heterogeneity based on socio-economic status, norms, and household structure. The third insight, applicable to broader analysis of childcare, is that the quality of care is often insufficiently regulated and understudied. Read more.
Blog » What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Note 5: Care Policies and Care Services (2023)
What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Note 5: Care Policies and Care Services (2023)
Fifth in the series of systematic reviews carried out by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab, this brief reviewed thousands of potential studies on the impact of childcare interventions on selected WEE outcomes and found five that met rigorous impact evaluation criteria. These studies provide important insights. First, in the presence of other constraints, the impact of childcare on WEE may be muted. Second, aggregate effects hide heterogeneity based on socio-economic status, norms, and household structure. The third insight, applicable to broader analysis of childcare, is that the quality of care is often insufficiently regulated and understudied. Read more.