caa a22 4500 606196617 CHVBK 20210128100925.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10260-015-0301-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10260-015-0301-3 Childcare and participation at work in North-East Italy: Why do Italian and foreign mothers behave differently? [Elektronische Daten] [Anna Giraldo, Gianpiero Dalla-Zuanna, Enrico Rettore] This paper examines two of the decision-making processes following the birth of a child: whether a working mother should continue with her job, and whether the couple should provide the child with formal childcare. Focusing on Padova and its district, this paper discusses differences in the strategies used by Italian and foreign mothers, controlling for socio-economic status and opinions on women's roles, according to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. Six to thirty-six months after the birth of a child, the proportion of foreign mothers who are not employed is more than double that of Italian mothers (51 vs. 21%; pre-birth 40 vs. 12). In addition, 25% of Italian women entrust their children to the care of their parents and in-laws, versus only 13% of foreign women. Although there are differences in the effects of individual characteristics on participation at work across the two groups, what matters most is the different composition of the Italian and foreign women's groups, especially in regard to education, partners' characteristics and attitudes towards the job market and motherhood. Regarding the maximum price a couple is willing to pay for formal childcare, intended to represent parents' preferences for formal childcare, the differences between the two groups are also mainly explained by differences in composition. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Childcare nationallicence Participation at work nationallicence Foreign mothers nationallicence Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition nationallicence Giraldo Anna Department of Statistical Science, University of Padova, via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121, Padova, Italy aut Dalla-Zuanna Gianpiero Department of Statistical Science, University of Padova, via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121, Padova, Italy aut Rettore Enrico Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, via del Santo 33, 35123, Padova, Italy aut Statistical Methods & Applications Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/2(2015-07-01), 339-358 1618-2510 24:2<339 2015 24 10260 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-015-0301-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-015-0301-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giraldo Anna Department of Statistical Science, University of Padova, via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121, Padova, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dalla-Zuanna Gianpiero Department of Statistical Science, University of Padova, via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121, Padova, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rettore Enrico Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, via del Santo 33, 35123, Padova, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Statistical Methods & Applications Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/2(2015-07-01), 339-358 1618-2510 24:2<339 2015 24 10260