Child care and employment: Evidence from random assignment studies of welfare and work programs

Description:

An investigation into the effects of welfare reform policies and links between employment and child care choices, using data from random assignment pilot welfare programs begun between 1993 and 1996 in a variety of urban and rural areas in the United States

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Gennetian Lisa A.; Michalopoulos Charles

Publisher(s):

MDRC

Funder(s):

United States. Child Care Bureau; David & Lucile Packard Foundation; William T. Grant Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation

Country:

United States; Canada

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