compare_childcare_cost
Net childcare cost for a couple and a single parent, by country
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What full-time centre-based childcare costs a family after benefits and tax, from OECD's tax-benefit model (two children aged 2 and 3, no social assistance or rent supplement): a couple both earning 100% of the average wage and a single parent earning 67%, each as a share of household disposable income, of the average wage, and in local currency per year. OECD members only — 22 of the 41 spine countries at the vintage floor; the rest return NO_DATA naming the gap, never a modelled figure. country for one, countries to compare, neither ranks by household (couple default; singleParent) and unit (pctDisposableIncome default; pctAverageWage), cheapest first unless sort=highest. Published cost figures, for information only; every response says so first.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | no | One ISO alpha-2 code. |
| countries | string | no | Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side. |
| household | string | no | |
| unit | string | no | |
| sort | string | no | |
| limit | number | no | Return at most this many countries. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One ISO alpha-2 code."
},
"countries": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side."
},
"household": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"couple",
"singleParent"
],
"default": "couple"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pctDisposableIncome",
"pctAverageWage"
],
"default": "pctDisposableIncome"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"lowest",
"highest"
],
"default": "lowest"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Return at most this many countries."
}
}
}