TY - JOUR
T1 - Child care assistance policies can affect the use of center-based care for children in low-income families
AU - Crosby, Danielle A.
AU - Gennetian, Lisa
AU - Huston, Aletha C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Many thanks to funders of these studies for access to the data and for providing feedback on earlier drafts of this paper, in particular, Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, Florida’s Department of Children and Families, Human Resources Development Canada, Minnesota’s Department of Human Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and Administration for Children and Families. We also thank Dan Bloom, Hans Bos, Bruce Fuller, Irwin Garfinkel, Gayle Hamilton, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Virginia Knox, Charles Michalopoulos, Pamela Morris, Phil Robins, Ruby Takanishi and Marty Zaslow for helpful discussions and comments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2005 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/4/1
Y1 - 2005/4/1
N2 - This article examines the effects of 13 experimental welfare and employment programs on single parents’ use of different types of child care for toddlers, preschool-age, and young school-age children. Policies designed to increase employment (e.g., earnings supplements and mandated participation) did so, and consequently increased parents’ use of nonmaternal child care. This study finds that only programs with policies designed to increase families’ access to paid child care affected the types of care used by families. Programs that offered more comprehensive, more efficient, or more generous child care assistance to families increased the use of center-based rather than home-based care for all age groups studied; although effects were most consistent for preschoolers. Such programs also increased the duration and stability of center care. Implications for family and child well-being are discussed.
AB - This article examines the effects of 13 experimental welfare and employment programs on single parents’ use of different types of child care for toddlers, preschool-age, and young school-age children. Policies designed to increase employment (e.g., earnings supplements and mandated participation) did so, and consequently increased parents’ use of nonmaternal child care. This study finds that only programs with policies designed to increase families’ access to paid child care affected the types of care used by families. Programs that offered more comprehensive, more efficient, or more generous child care assistance to families increased the use of center-based rather than home-based care for all age groups studied; although effects were most consistent for preschoolers. Such programs also increased the duration and stability of center care. Implications for family and child well-being are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1207/s1532480xads0902_4
DO - 10.1207/s1532480xads0902_4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045044406
SN - 1088-8691
VL - 9
SP - 86
EP - 106
JO - Applied Developmental Science
JF - Applied Developmental Science
IS - 2
ER -