Dr. Aysegül Kayaoglu from the project A06 "Work-family Policies: Socioeconomic Outcomes and Policy Learning", presented the paper "Which Childcare Raises Maternal Employment? Public, Private and the Rationed Margin in Türkiye" at the 3rd Workshop on the Economics of Health and Human Capital, held at the Fundación Ramón Areces in Madrid on 18 June 2026.

Drawing on monthly employment histories of women combined with province-level data on childcare facilities, the paper examines how the design of childcare policy — not merely its availability — shapes maternal employment in Türkiye. It distinguishes between public and private provision and pays particular attention to the rationed margin, where demand for subsidised places exceeds supply, to identify which forms of childcare actually move mothers into work.

The workshop builds on earlier editions hosted in Madrid in 2024 and in Castellón de la Plana in 2025. Jointly organised by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Universitat Jaume I (UJI), it brings together state-of-the-art econometric, data science and causal inference methods applied to questions in the economics of health and human capital. The single-day programme features ten papers, each allocated 30 minutes for presentation and open discussion, with participation capped at around twenty researchers. This year's keynote lecture was delivered by Gabriella Conti (University College London).