Making child care choices: How welfare and work policies influence parents' decisions

Author(s): Gennetian, Lisa A.; Huston, Aletha C.; Crosby, Danielle A.; Chang, Young Eun; Lowe, Edward D.; Weisner, Thomas S.;
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher(s): MDRC
Description: A policy brief reviewing nine random assignment evaluations of the child care decisions made by approximately 20,000 low income parents
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Funder(s): David & Lucile Packard Foundation ; William T. Grant Foundation ; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ; J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Source: (Next Generation Policy Brief). New York: MDRC. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from http://www.mdrc.org/publications/182/policybrief.pdf
Note: This resource is part of the Next Generation project.
Topics: Parents & Families > Selection Of Child Care & Early Education Arrangements

Parents & Families > Family Characteristics > Families & Work

Policies > Economic & Social Policies
Country: United States
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