Child Care Problem: An Economic Analysis

By David M. Blau. 2001

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Barriers to subsidies: why low-income families do not use child care subsidies (2004, background): “Although the evidence is mixed as to whether child care subsidies achieve these goals (Blau, 1993; Blau, 2001; Moffitt, 1992), there is some evidence that subsidies encourage families to choose center care which is often more stable than more informal care arrangements (Fuller et al.”
Early Child Care: The Known and the Unknown (2004, background): “A number of proposals (Blau, 2001; Helburn & Bergmann, 2002; Lombardi, 2003; Vandell & Wolfe, 2000) have been put forward, but these proposals have not been tested.”
School readiness gains made by ethnically diverse children in poverty attending center-based childcare and public school pre-kindergarten programs ☆ (2008, background): “Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003), and the majority (86%) of school-based teachers in pre-k programs have 4-year college degrees and earn salaries commensurate with that of elementary school teachers ( Blau, 2001 ).”
Do child-care characteristics influence continued child bearing in Sweden? An investigation of the quantity, quality, and price dimension (2003, background): “• The quality dimension of care has lately received increasing attention (e.g. Blau, 2001: ch. 7; Blau and Hagy, 1998).”
Inequality in Preschool Education and School Readiness (2004, methodology): “Prekindergarten Inequality in Preschool Education and School Readiness teachers’ pay was also more likely to be commensurate with that of elementary school teachers (82% received public school teacher salaries) and considerably higher than that of other child care workers (Blau, 2001).”
Can consumers detect lemons? An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care (2007, background): “2See Blau (2001) , Chapter 2 for a detailed overview of the child care market.”
Child Care Subsidy Receipt, Employment, and Child Care Choices of Single Mothers (2004, background): “In 1999, child care subsidies were estimated to be around $21 billion (Blau 2001).”
Differential effects of high‐quality child care (2002, background): “Many observational studies (see Blau, 2001 for a critical review) have examined the effect of heterogeneity in child care quality by collecting detailed information on the child care settings the study participants used.”
Labour Force Participation of Women: Empirical Evidence on The Role of Policy and Other Determinants in OECD Countries (2004, background): “Blau (2001) argues that the supply of childcare is very responsive because of the low capital requirement for home-based childcare arrangements.”
The Costs of Being a Child Care Teacher (2006, background): “Their comments and suggestions are very much appreciated. in 1997 (Blau, 2001).”
Childhood investments and skill formation (2008, background): “The huge unevenness of US early care is well documented ( Blau 2001 ).”