There is substantial evidence that due to perceived childcare obligations, mothers are disadvantaged in labor markets. To what extent can childcare support ameliorate such a disadvantage? To answer this question, we ran a CV experiment in a large Indian city and examined whether indicating access to childcare support in a CV may offset the motherhood penalty associated with labor market entry. We randomly varied motherhood, as well as access to childcare in CVs sent to online applications for service sector jobs in Delhi. Indicating motherhood on a CV led to a 57% or 20 percentage point reduction in callback rates for interviews as compared to non-mothers. A simple indication of access to childcare support offsets the motherhood penalty by 20% or 4 percentage points. We interpret the findings in the Indian context and with respect to potential sources of discrimination.

有大量证据表明，由于感知到的育儿义务，母亲在劳动力市场上处于不利地位。托儿支持可以在多大程度上改善这种劣势？为了回答这个问题，我们在印度的一个大城市进行了一项简历实验，并检查了在简历中表明获得儿童保育支持是否可以抵消与劳动力市场进入相关的孕产惩罚。我们随机改变了母亲身份，以及发送到德里服务业工作在线申请的简历中的托儿服务。与非母亲相比，在简历上注明母亲身份会导致面试的回访率降低 57% 或 20 个百分点。获得儿童保育支持的简单指标可以抵消 20% 或 4 个百分点的孕产惩罚。