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2005 report on child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand
Illinois Action for Children, 2006
Chicago: Illinois Action for Children.

An examination of the disconnect between child care supply and demand in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability and hours of care needed by parents

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Addendum: The costs of childcare after housing costs in London
Resolution Foundation,
London: Resolution Foundation.

An analysis of the role of child care expenses in the disposable income of families in London, United Kingdom, based on a model of child care and housing expenses

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Arranging and paying for child care
O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.

A report on the child care arrangements, payment methods, preschool enrollment, and potential costs of universal preschool provision in California

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The availability of child care centers, perceived search costs and parental life satisfaction
Yamauchi, Chikako, September 2009
(Discussion Paper No. 620). Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, Centre for Economic Research.

An investigation of the influence of the availability of child care on parents' perception of child care search costs and life satisfaction, based on data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey and the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC)

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Balancing the family budget: Differences in childcare expenditures by race/ethnicity, economic status, and family structure
Brayfield, April, 1995
Social Science Quarterly, 76(1), 158-177

A study on factors affecting child care expenditures within families with children under five using data from the 1990 National Child Care Survey

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A bargain at any price?: Child care costs and women's employment
Brayfield, April, 1995
Social Science Research, 24(2), 188-214

A study of the influences of child care costs on women's employment

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California subsidized childcare characteristic study
Smith, Amy, July, 2011
Sacramento: California, Department of Education.

A study of the characteristics of families and children served by California's subsidized child care programs and the child care expenses of families receiving subsidized care, based on an analysis of administrative data and case studies in 3 counties

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Caring for young children: Inequality in the cost burden of child care
Rosenbaum, Dan T., 2004
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

An examination of the proportion of income parents spend on child care using Survey of Income and Program Participation and Current Population Survey Data

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Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care
Mocan, H. Naci, October, 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 743-780

An examination of the influence of asymmetrical information and adverse selection on the quality of available child care, as well as parents' ability to discern different qualities of care, based on data gathered from 228 infant and toddler classrooms and 518 preschool rooms from 100 programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina

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Cheaper child care, more children
Mork, Eva, January 2009
(Discussion Paper No. 3942). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

An exploration of the correlation between costs of child care, local and national policy reform, and women’s fertility decisions in Sweden

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Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences
Kazimirski, Anne, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR025). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007

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Child care and the employment behavior of single and married mothers
Kimmel, Jean, 1992
(Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 93-14). Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

A paper relating labor force participation of married and single mothers to child care costs and wages

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Child care and the labor supply of married women: Reduced form evidence
Ribar, David, 1992
Journal of Human Resources, 27(1), 134-165

A study of married women's decisions about entering the paid labor force and about whether to use market versus nonmarket child care.

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Child care and mothers' employment decisions
Anderson, Patricia M., 1999
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 7058). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A paper on the effects of child care costs on the employment decisions of mothers of varying skill levels

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Child care arrangements in urban and rural areas
Swenson, Kendall, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A study comparing features of child care arrangements of children in urban and rural areas, including: type of arrangement, weekly hours in child care, auspice or sponsorship of center-based child care programs, child-adult ratio, and parent child care expenses, based on data from the nationally representative National Household Education Survey, 2005

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Child care choices for working families: Examining child care choices of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2 members working in San Francisco's hospitality industry
King, Carlise, 2002
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. (No longer accessible as of October 11, 2012).

A study examining the links between parental employment schedules, care decisions, cost of child care and demographics amongst members in Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 2 of San Francisco and their children

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Child Care Community Fund project: Year 1 evaluation report
Lambarth, Callie H., August 2008
Portland, OR: NPC Research.

First year results from a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings

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Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report
Lambarth, Callie H., September 2009
Salem: Oregon, Child Care Division.

Findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings

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Childcare costs and the demand for children: Evidence from a nationwide reform
Mork, Eva, October 2010
(CESifo Working Paper No. 3210). Munich, Germany: CESifo.

An exploration of the relationship between child care expenses and fertility decisions in the context of child care policy reform in Sweden that reduced child care expenses

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Childcare costs and the demand for children: Evidence from a nationwide reform
Mork, Eva, January, 2013
Journal of Population Economics, 26(1), 33-65

An exploration of the relationship between child care expenses and fertility decisions in the context of child care policy reform in Sweden that reduced child care expenses

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Child care costs and the employment status of married Australian mothers
Rammohan, Anu, 2006
(Discussion Paper No. 517). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian National University, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

A study of the effects of child care costs on the mothers' decision to work full- or part-time in Australia, based on data from a longitudinal survey of household demographics, income, and labor dynamics

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Child care costs and mothers’ labor supply: An empirical analysis for Germany
Wrohlich, Katharina, March 2004
(Discussion Papers 412). Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research).

An examination of the relationship between family child care expenses and maternal employment, based on data on families who participated in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) in 2002

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Child care costs and women's employment: A comparison of single and married mothers with pre-school-aged children
Han, Wen-Jui, 2001
Social Science Quarterly, 82(3), 552-568

An analysis of the effects of child care costs on the employment of single and married women with preschool-aged children, using data from the 1991 to 1994 March Current Population Surveys

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Child care costs as a barrier to employment for single and married mothers
Kimmel, Jean, 1998
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 80(2), 287-299

An economically focused discussion of the cost of child care and its impact on maternal employment

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Child-care expenditures and women's employment turnover
Maume, Jr., David J., 1991
Social Forces, 70(2), 495-508

An analysis of the child care costs and constraints on women’s employment using the 1985 Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation

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