...Gulen Derya Zayim; Aysegul Kayaoglu Purpose This paper assesses the impact of a reduction in childcare costs, resulting from a change in compulsory schooling law, on mothers' labour supply in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach The 2012 Education Reform lowered the school starting age...

... economics. Using a sequential empirical approach, the authors simulate various welfare policy scenarios that address factors, such as childcare costs, personal and social nudges, that could help women back into the labor market in the aftermath of a crisis. Findings The authors found that incentive...