The Child Care Problem: An Economic Analysis

By Mary C. Tuominen. 2004

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The Costs of Being a Child Care Teacher (2006, background): “Their comments and suggestions are very much appreciated. in 1997 (Blau, 2001).”
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.”
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).”
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).”
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.”