Child care, women's employment, and child outcomes

By Jane Waldfogel. 2002

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Subfields: Education, Gender Studies, Safety Research

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Can consumers detect lemons? An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care (2007, background): “…high-quality child care programs reduce the likelihood of enrolling in special education programs (Lazar and Darlington 1982), improve the academic outcomes of children (Ramey and Campbell 1991), and in general are positively associated with children’s well-being (Waldfogel 2002; Love et al. 1996).”
Putting the Child-Centred Investment Strategy to the Test: Evidence for the EU27: (2013, background): “And of course, because the quality of parental care also differs greatly among socio-economic groups, the existence or absence of broader child support arrangements such as home intervention programmes (focusing on changing parent’s behaviour) presumably plays a role in the success or failure of chi”
Childhood investments and skill formation (2008, background): “12For comprehensive overviews, see Karoly (1998, 2005), Heckman and Lochner (2000), Currie (2001), Waldfogel (2002) and Mayers et al. (2004).”
PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE: The impact of Nordic countries’ family friendly policies on employment, wages, and children (2008, result): “According to a survey of recent results in Waldfogel (2002, 2004) , also confirmed by a recent study by Gregg et al. (2005) for the UK, the main lessons from the empirical research are that parents’ care is important but that the quality of child care is even more important.”
Inequality in Preschool Education and School Readiness (2004, background): “…short-term cognitive and language development and long-term academic achievement and reduce special education placement and grade retention (see Barnett, 1995; Brooks-Gunn, 2000; Farran, 2000; Karoly et al., 1998; Schweinhart, Barnes, & Weikart, 1993; Vandell & Wolfe, 2000; Waldfogel, 2002).”
Does prekindergarten improve school preparation and performance? Economics of Education Review, , . (2007, unknown): “Disadvantaged children Prior studies suggest that early education programs have larger effects for economically disadvantaged populations, primarily because these children come from homes with lower quality learning environments (Peisner-Feinberg et al., 2001; Waldfogel, 2002).”