Child care arrangement costs and the supply of labour of working parents in Kota Kinabalu
Child care plays an important role in the supply of labour of working parents especially for women. Quality and reliable child care is important in order to enhance the performance of working parents, to reduce worry and to increase their productivity in the workplace. It is obvious that child ca...
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my.ums.eprints.234242024-01-25T08:07:24Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23424/ Child care arrangement costs and the supply of labour of working parents in Kota Kinabalu Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Child care plays an important role in the supply of labour of working parents especially for women. Quality and reliable child care is important in order to enhance the performance of working parents, to reduce worry and to increase their productivity in the workplace. It is obvious that child care can be expensive. This study analyses different types of childcare arrangement that is available in Kota Kinabalu namely baby-sitter, relatives, child-care centers, domestic helper, playschool and preschool. 'f!1e study found that on average families spend about RM261.64 per month for childcare expenditure. This constitutes about 8.83 percent of a family's monthly income. The burden these child care expenditures place on families can be substantial. A mother will only decide to work if the cost of childcare is lesser than the wage received from particular employment. If the cost of childcare is higher than the wage received or consumes a large portion of their income, than the mother would make the decision not to work. This in turn will reduce the participation rate of women in the labour force. To address this problem, costsharing and flexible job arrangement should be seen as possible alternatives. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2000 Research Report NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23424/1/Child%20Care%20Arrangement%20costs%20and%20the%20supply%20of%20labour%20of%20working%20parents%20in%20Kota%20Kinabalu.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23424/7/Child%20Care%20Arrangement.pdf Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam (2000) Child care arrangement costs and the supply of labour of working parents in Kota Kinabalu. (Unpublished) |
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Child care plays an important role in the supply of labour of working parents especially
for women. Quality and reliable child care is important in order to enhance the
performance of working parents, to reduce worry and to increase their productivity in the
workplace. It is obvious that child care can be expensive. This study analyses different
types of childcare arrangement that is available in Kota Kinabalu namely baby-sitter,
relatives, child-care centers, domestic helper, playschool and preschool. 'f!1e study found
that on average families spend about RM261.64 per month for childcare expenditure.
This constitutes about 8.83 percent of a family's monthly income. The burden these child
care expenditures place on families can be substantial. A mother will only decide to work
if the cost of childcare is lesser than the wage received from particular employment. If
the cost of childcare is higher than the wage received or consumes a large portion of
their income, than the mother would make the decision not to work. This in turn will
reduce the participation rate of women in the labour force. To address this problem, costsharing
and flexible job arrangement should be seen as possible alternatives. |
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