Day care and female employment in Mexico: descriptive evidence and policy considerations

Knaul, F.; Parker, S.

Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos 11(3): 577-607; 660-661

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0186-7210
PMID: 12321406
Document Number: 308721
"This paper analyzes the supply and organization of public day care in Mexico and presents a series of considerations as to the formulation of future policy. The research concentrates on the evolution of public policies to provide day care to working women in the formal sector through the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Data on the evolution of female labor force participation, changes in family structure, the supply of day care and patterns of child care arrangements, suggest that access to formal facilities falls short of demand.... Innovative policies for the reorganization and expansion of the provision of day care are presently under consideration." (EXCERPT)

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