Child Care in the United States
Markets, Policy, and Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11680712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris M Herbst (0000-0003-2373-0690, Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 255-304 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pam.22436 |
| OpenAlex | W4309778256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 101 |
Participation in non‐parental child care arrangements is now the norm for preschool‐age children in the U.S. However, child care services are becoming increasingly expensive for many families, and quality is highly uneven across providers and sectors, raising questions about the impact of child care costs and quality on parental employment and child development. The U.S. policy landscape is dominated by three policies that subsidize costs for low‐income families or attempt to improve the safety and quality of providers: the Child Care and Development Fund, regulations, and quality rating and improvement systems. In this paper, I provide a thorough review of the evidence on each policy, focusing on how they influence a wide range of family and provider outcomes. The paper begins with a detailed description of the structure and functioning of the child care market, using the most up‐to‐date data on families’ utilization of care services and provider characteristics. I then draw on a diverse set of studies across multiple fields to summarize the evidence on the impact of child care policy. In the final section of the paper, I offer recommendations for future research in each policy area
Business · Child care · Economic growth · Economics · Public economics · Quality (philosophy · Subsidy · Child and Adolescent Health · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Nursing
The effects of female immigration on the U.S. childcare market
Assessing the effects of child-care subsidies on fertility and birth outcomes
Intergenerational Programs Benefit Social-Emotional Development for Young Children and Older Adults
Resurrecting Ancestral Familial Health
The declining relative quality of the child care workforce
A Systematic Review of Barriers to and Facilitators of Early Learning and Childcare Among Black Children and Families in Canada and the USA
Investigating child care decision-making to understand access among families with low incomes
Mixed delivery prekindergarten systems
Expanding the child care table of influence
Are Citizens Responsive to the Regulatory State? The Effect of Regulation on Evaluations of Early Childhood Education and Care ( Ecec )
Pricing the priceless childcare
Urban‐Rural Transformations and Fertility Decline in China
Childcare Subsidy Policy Variations and Physical Intimate Partner Violence
Increasing access in the ECE enrollment process
Policies addressing suspension and expulsion in state early care and education subsystems
Supporting Childcare Supply in the United States
Effects of center‐based child care on disadvantaged children
When I Can Make Them Smile”
Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor
Economic hardship and the role of cost in childcare decisions
The N2 During Preschool
Cross-cohort employment differences among U.S. mothers of young children
Care Labor and Family Income Inequality
Does teacher turnover relate to lower safety and quality in child care settings
The Effects of Child Care Subsidies on Paid Child Care Participation and Labor Market Outcomes
Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Outcomes in the First Three Years of Life
How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
Can Rating Pre-K Programs Predict Children's Learning?
New Evidence on Teacher Turnover in Early Childhood
Child Care and the Labor Supply of Married Women
Within- and Between-Sector Quality Differences in Early Childhood Education and Care
Childcare over the Business Cycle
The impact of Covid-19 on the U.S. child care market
Who's minding the kids? Experimental evidence on the demand for child care quality
The Production of Quality in Child-Care Centers
The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Can consumers detect lemons? An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care
Impacts of a child care quality rating and improvement system on child care quality
Influence of quality credentialing programs on teacher characteristics in center-based early care and education settings
The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development
Impacts of child care subsidies on family and child well-being
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Subsidizing child care
Comparisons among quality measures in child care settings
Associations among tiered quality rating and improvement system supports and quality improvement
Who participates in quality rating and improvement systems
Regulation, subsidy receipt and provider characteristics
Validating Virginia's quality rating and improvement system among state-funded pre-kindergarten programs
The impact of child care subsidy use on child care quality
Are there differences in parents’ preferences and search processes across preschool types? Evidence from Louisiana
What do parents value in a child care provider? Evidence from Yelp consumer reviews
State Regulations and the Availability of Child-Care Services
Unintended Consequences
The Impact of Child‐Care Subsidies on Child Development
Do child care regulations affect the child care and labor markets
Do social policy reforms have different impacts on employment and welfare use as economic conditions change
Early-Life Origins of Life-Cycle Well-Being
Are Parental Welfare Work Requirements Good for Disadvantaged Children? Evidence From Age‐of‐Youngest‐Child Exemptions
The Effects of Accountability Incentives in Early Childhood Education
Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance
Dynamics of child care subsidy use and material hardship
Who uses child care subsidies? Comparing recipients to eligible non-recipients on family background characteristics and child care preferences
Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
How do early care and education workforce and classroom characteristics differ between subsidized centers and available center-based alternatives for low-income children
Child care subsidies and child care choices
Who are the eligible non-recipients of child care subsidies
State regulations and child care choice
The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity
Does state preschool crowd-out private provision? The impact of universal preschool on the childcare sector in Oklahoma and Georgia
Child care subsidies and the employment of welfare recipients
What Explains Short Spells on Child-Care Subsidies
Stability of Child‐Care Subsidy Use and Earnings of Low‐Income Families
The Demand for Quality in Child Care
Quacks, Lemons, and Licensing
Preschool center care quality effects on academic achievement
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the Labor Market for Child Care Teachers
Child Care and Child Care Policy
Who Gets What From Government? Distributional Consequences of Child-Care Assistance Policies
| Unique citing works | 25 |
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| Citations per year | 12,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |