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

Description:

A policy brief reviewing nine random assignment evaluations of the child care decisions made by approximately 20,000 low income parents

Resource Type:

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Author(s):

Gennetian Lisa A.; Huston Aletha C.; Crosby Danielle A.; Chang Young Eun; Lowe Edward D.; Weisner Thomas S.

Publisher(s):

MDRC

Funder(s):

David & Lucile Packard Foundation; William T. Grant Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation

Country:

United States

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