Child care devolution in Texas: The relationship of child care policies to subsidy, employment and market durations
Schexnayder, Deanna, March 2008
The University of Texas at Austin

An overview of a study of the relationship between child care policies and subsidy, employment, and market outcomes, during the period of localization (devolution) of the management of child care subsidy policy in Texas, based on the findings of an econometric analysis

Reports & Papers

Exploring Parent Decision-Making: Subsidies, Employment, and Child Care
Carlin, Caroline, 2009
University of Minnesota

A project using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort to examine the complexity of child care and employment decisions. Specifically, the study aims to: (a) determine how child care subsidies affect parents' decisions about employment, the use of non-parental child care, and the type of child care used; (b) measure the changes in child care decisions over time; and (c) examine how child care subsidies affect parents' decisions about the quality of child care used. It is expected that results of the study will inform policy with an increased knowledge of the interrelated nature of employment and child care choices, and the influence of child care subsidies on those choices.

Child Care Bureau/OPRE Projects

Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states
Cochi Ficano, Carlena K., May 2006
The Review of Policy Research, 23(3), 681-698

An empirical analysis of the effects of child care subsidies on recipients' transition times to substantial employment, using merged administrative data from Florida, Minnesota, and Connecticut's welfare reform evaluations

Reports & Papers

Child care subsidies and the employment of welfare recipients
Meyers, Marcia K., 2002
Demography, 39(1), 165-179

A study examining the probability that low-income single mothers in California will receive child care subsidies and the effect this has on their labor market activity

Reports & Papers

Child care subsidy receipt, employment, and child care choices of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, October 2005
Economics Letters, 89(1), 1-6

An examination of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment and child care choices of single mothers

Reports & Papers

Child care subsidy receipt, employment, and child care choices of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, 2004
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 10459). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the influence of subsidy receipt on the employment rates and child care choices of single mothers, based on questionnaire responses, collected in 1999, from 2,226 single mothers in a nationally representative sample of American families

Reports & Papers

Childcare subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, Spring 2007
Journal of Human Resources, 42(2), 453-487

An exploration of the influence of the availability of child care subsidies and potential wages on parents’ employment decisions, using data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)

Reports & Papers

Afterschool child care subsidies and maternal employment among the low-income families
Xiang, Gao, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation: University of Washington, Seattle

An examination of the relationship between variations in state child care policies and both parental choice of after school child care and their employment, based on a secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of America's Families 2002, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (2000 to 2004), and published aggregate data provided by the Child Care Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau

Reports & Papers

Child Care Subsidies and Entry to Employment Following Childbirth
Jordan, Lucy P., 2003
University of Washington, School of Social Work

A study of the relationship between child care subsidies and the length of time between the birth of a child and the mother’s entry to employment, particularly among lower-skilled women, who typically spend a larger proportion of their earnings on child care than do women with higher skills and education. The study is based on The Fragile Families and Well-Being Study (a nationally representative data set), and a unique data set of local policy indicators, and tests the hypothesis that child care subsidies cause new mothers to enter the labor force more expeditiously by: (1) reducing the cost of employment relative to earnings; and (2) facilitating stable child care arrangements. It predicts that the receipt of subsidies and the timing of entry to paid employment will vary with child care policies, after controlling for individual and family characteristics that influence the benefits and costs of subsidy use, and of paid employment relative to home production (i.e. caregiving) work.

Child Care Bureau/OPRE Projects

Child care subsidies promote mothers' employment and children's development
Henry, Colleen, 2003
(IWPR Publication No. G714). Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research.

An exploration of factors associated with the occupational outcomes of urban low income mothers, including child care problems, household characteristics, type of child care used, race/ethnicity, neighborhood characteristics, welfare status, and subsidy usage, based on data collected from a sample of 1,072 low income mothers from poor Philadelphia neighborhoods

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Leaving welfare for employment: The role of child care subsidies for white, Hispanic, and African American families
Shlay, Anne B., July 2007
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A longitudinal study of child care subsidy utilization among former welfare recipients after leaving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) child care subsidy system, the impact of child care subsidies on their employment outcomes, and differences in subsidy use and employment outcomes as a function of race and ethnicity, based on interviews with a sample of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic welfare leavers

Reports & Papers

Maintaining Employment: The Impact of Child Care Subsidies
Forry, Nicole D., 2006
University of Maryland

An examination of the relationship between child care subsidies and child care-related work disruptions that affect mothers' ability to maintain steady employment and work productively, including considerations of whether this relationship is mediated by variables that affect the type of care chosen, and whether subsidies impact the desire to change child care arrangements. The study applies cross-sectional and change regression models and path analysis to two samples: (1) a sample, collected in 2005-2006, of 40 low-income employed mothers who were interviewed twice--once while on the wait list for child care subsidies, and again eight months later, when the majority had subsequently received a subsidy--allowing for a quasi-experimental research design; and (2) a sample of predominately unmarried mothers with children aged 1-3 years from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being study.

Child Care Bureau/OPRE Projects

Parent employment and the use of child care subsidies
Schaefer, Stephanie A., April 2006
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A review of research studies examining parent employment outcomes associated with the use of child care subsidies

Literature Review