Study on assessing the fiscal and employment benefits on gender equality through institutionalized childcare services in Moldova

The primary purpose of the study is to provide data and evidence on the costs and benefits of institutionalizing childcare services within the Republic of Moldova to support the development and implementation of the National Programme on childcare for children under 3 years old, as well as policy and legal amendments on family-friendly arrangements in public and private sectors.

The analysis includes data collection to estimate the cost of childcare, as well as simulations of the impact of childcare coverage on employment and fiscal revenues.

This study was conducted by Cambridge Econometrics in collaboration with CIVITTA, at the initiative of UN Women, UNFPA, and UNICEF, funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Sweden. The opinions presented belong to the authors and may not necessarily align with the perspectives of UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF, or the supporting donors.