Child care in the United States: Markets, policy, and evidence

CM Herbst - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Participation in non‐parental child care arrangements is now the norm for preschool‐age
children in the US However, child care services are becoming increasingly expensive for …

Can center-based childcare reduce the odds of early chronic absenteeism?

MA Gottfried - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2015 - Elsevier
This study was the first to position itself in the intersection on research on center-based care
and on chronic absenteeism. Given the growth in the utilization of center-based care and …

Child care subsidies and the stability and quality of child care arrangements

C Krafft, EE Davis, K Tout - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2017 - Elsevier
Each month, the child care subsidy program helps nearly a million low-income families pay
for child care. The financial support of a child care subsidy might be expected to increase …

Everyday heroes: The personal and economic stressors of early care and education teachers serving low-income children

AD Johnson, DA Phillips, A Partika… - Early Education and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Research findings This study uses newly available data on low-income children and their
teachers in a mixed-delivery, publicly funded early care and education (ECE) system to …

Predictors of public early care and education use among children of low-income immigrants

AD Johnson, CM Padilla, E Votruba-Drzal - Children and Youth Services …, 2017 - Elsevier
Little is known about predictors of publicly funded early care and education (ECE) use
among low-income children of immigrants. Without this knowledge, it is difficult to effectively …

Do child care subsidies increase employment among low-income parents?

EE Davis, C Carlin, C Krafft, ND Forry - Journal of Family and Economic …, 2018 - Springer
State child care subsidy programs are intended to support the employment of low-income
parents, particularly for families receiving or likely to receive Temporary Assistance for …

Child care subsidies and employment outcomes of low-income families

Y Ha, DP Miller - Children and Youth Services Review, 2015 - Elsevier
This study examined the relationship between mothers' child care subsidy use and their
earnings and labor force attachment. Using Wisconsin administrative data, this study …

The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development

LE Hawkinson, AS Griffen, N Dong… - Early Childhood Research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Child care subsidies help low-income families pay for child care while parents work or study.
Few studies have examined the effects of child care subsidy use on child development, and …

Maternal and non-maternal care in infancy and later child cognitive, language and motor development in Chile: Does type of care matter?

M Narea, CO Toppelberg, M Irarrázaval, J Xu - Early Childhood Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Growing numbers of children across the world start non-maternal care in the first year of life.
However, few studies have described how different infant care experiences may relate to …

Investigating child care decision-making to understand access among families with low incomes

JK Finders, GD Lara, ME Pratt, IJ Nordgren… - Early Childhood …, 2025 - Elsevier
In the present study, we examine the extent to which demographic factors, including
household subsidy receipt, predict child care access among families with low incomes. To …