Child Care and Child Care Policy
Existing Policies, Their Effects, and Reforms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Hotz (0000-0002-6958-3318, corresponding author), V Joseph Hotz, Matthew Wiswall |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 686 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 310-338 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716219884078 |
| OpenAlex | W2989326032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 57 |
We analyze policies that support and affect the provision and costs of child care in the United States. These policies are motivated by at least three objectives: (1) improving the cognitive and social development of young children, (2) facilitating maternal employment, and (3) alleviating poverty. We summarize this policy landscape and the evidence on the effects they have on the development of children and parents. We provide a summary of the use and costs of nonparental child care services; and we summarize existing policies and programs that subsidize child care costs, provide child care to certain groups, and regulate various aspects of the services provided in the United States. We then review the evidence on the effects that child care policies have on these objectives. We go on to discuss the existing evidence of their effects on various outcomes. Finally, we outline three reform proposals that will both facilitate work by low-income mothers and improve the quality of child care that their children receive
Affect (linguistics) · Business · Child care · Child development · Child poverty · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Poverty · Public economics · Quality (philosophy) · Subsidy · Work (physics) · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
From policy to plate
Childcare needs as a barrier to healthcare among women in a safety-net health system
Voter Support for Policies Associated With Child Health as National Campaign Priorities
Childcare as a social determinant of access to healthcare
Early Education, Early Returns
The Interplay among Parents’ Stress, Nonparental Childcare, and Child Language Development among Low-Income Toddlers
Understanding the Effects of Workfare Policies on Child Human Capital
More Care, More Workers? Gauging the Impact of Child Care Access on Labor Force Participation
Workplace Productivity
A win-win for all of us
An Argument for Universal Preschool and Childcare in the U.S
Response to David Blau's Essay
Child Care in the United States
Investigating child care decision-making to understand access among families with low incomes
The Economic Context for Reforming the Safety Net
The Experiences of Hispanic Mothers of Young Children in Accessing Cross-sector Federal Financial Assistance Programs to Improve Family Self-sufficiency and Well-being
Examining the Role of Public Pre-K Expansions in the Changing Supply of Child Care in Wisconsin
The Effects of Universal Preschool on Child and Adult Outcomes
Not an option”
Ontario as a case study for modernizing Home Child Care licensing and support
Who's Caring for the Kids? The Earned Income Tax Credit and Childcare Arrangements
Is universal child care leveling the playing field?
No Child Left Behind
Can Rating Pre-K Programs Predict Children's Learning?
Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development
Child care and parent labor force participation
Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes
Public Schooling for Young Children and Maternal Labor Supply
The Production of Quality in Child-Care Centers
Can’t buy mommy’s love? Universal childcare and children’s long-term cognitive development
Can consumers detect lemons? An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care
The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development
Parents as child care consumers
State Regulations and the Availability of Child-Care Services
The Impact of Child‐Care Subsidies on Child Development
Do child care regulations affect the child care and labor markets
The Influence of Low-Income Children's Participation in Head Start on Their Parents’ Education and Employment
The Effects of Accountability Incentives in Early Childhood Education
State regulations and child care choice
Child Care Costs and Women's Employment
Child-Care Subsidies and Family Well-Being
Quacks, Lemons, and Licensing
The Role of Market Forces in Assuring Contractual Performance
Universal Child Care, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well‐Being
Investing in Preschool Programs
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |