2010 comprehensive community assessment: Head Start programs: Whom do we serve?
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families served by Head Start in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 comprehensive community assessment: Overview of children, families, and language groups: The Denver community context
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 comprehensive community assessment: Reaching out to the low income families and children in the neighborhoods: Early Head Start and Head Start eligible populations
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of the Head Start-eligible population in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
Highlights of findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment
Reports & Papers
Child-care availability and fertility in Norway
An examination of the relationships among the availability of child care services, fertility rates, and female labor market participation, based on municipal-level data on women's employment and available child care, and national data for all women across the country of Norway
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Childcare costs and the demand for children: Evidence from a nationwide reform
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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The decline of cash welfare and implications for social policy and poverty
An overview of trends in welfare program participation, unemployment, and poverty among single-mother families, the decline of cash welfare, and the rise of child care subsidies, with a discussion of the possible influence of the 1996 welfare reform on child outcomes and well being
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District of Columbia early childhood risk and reach assessment: Fiscal year 2009
An examination of the geographic distribution in Washington, DC, of family risk indicators and city-supported early childhood programs
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The effect of child care subsidies for moderate-income families in Cook County, Illinois: Final report
A study of the impact on employment, earnings, and child care outcomes of expanding child care subsidy eligibility to moderate-income families and of extending the subsidy eligibility redetermination period from six months to a year, based on 1,884 Cook County, Illinois, child care subsidy applicants with incomes exceeding the state's eligibility limit who were randomly assigned to standard or expanded eligibility and, if assigned to expanded eligibility, to standard or extended redetermination
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The effect of child care subsidies for moderate-income families in Cook County, Illinois: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the impact on employment, earnings, and child care outcomes of expanding child care subsidy eligibility to moderate-income families and of extending the subsidy eligibility redetermination period from six months to a year, based on 1,884 Cook County, Illinois, child care subsidy applicants with incomes exceeding the state's eligibility limit who were randomly assigned to standard or expanded eligibility and, if assigned to expanded eligibility, to standard or extended redetermination
Executive Summary
Effect of a family policy reform on immigrants' labour supply and earnings
An econometric study of the relationship between cash benefits reform in Norway and the utilization of state-subsidized child care facilities, labor force participation, and earnings, based on a secondary analysis of nationally representative data of immigrant parents of children 1- through 3-years old collected in 1998
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Effects of mothers' employment on toddlers' cognitive development: A study conducted in Karachi, Pakistan
A study of the relationships between toddlers' cognitive development and maternal employment, mothers' education, socioeconomic status and child care arrangements, based on a convenience sample of 100 children between 24 and 36 months of age and their mothers in Karachi, Pakistan
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Effects of reducing child care subsidy copayments in Washington State: Final report
A study of the impact on subsidy duration, employment, and income of reduced child care subsidy copayments, based on 5,106 Washington State child care subsidy applicants randomly assigned to standard or reduced copayment schedules
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Effects of reducing child care subsidy copayments in Washington State: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the impact on subsidy duration, employment, and income of reduced child care subsidy copayments, based on 5,106 Washington State child care subsidy applicants randomly assigned to standard or reduced copayment schedules
Executive Summary
Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time
A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project
Reports & Papers
European women: Why do(n't) they work?
A study of the relationships between female labor market participation rates and economic, social, and institutional factors that include child care support and maternity/parental leave for three different age groups of women, 15- through 24-years old, 25- through 54-years old, and 55-through 64-years old, based on analyses of annual macro data for a panel of 12 of the European Union-15 countries, between the early 1980s and 2000
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Gender inequality in the welfare state: Sex segregation in housework, 1965-2003
An examination of the relationship between country-specific labor, employment, and child care practices and policies, and the amount of time spent by men and women on domestic cooking and housework, based on data from 36 time use surveys from 19 countries, conducted between 1965 and 2003, taken from the Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS)
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How grandparents matter: Support for the cooperative breeding hypothesis in a contemporary Dutch population
A study of the relationship between childbearing decisions and the availability of grandparent care, based on a longitudinal study of the fecundity decisions of the adult children of 474 grandparents from The Netherlands
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Improving supports for parents of young children: State-level initiatives
A discussion of the correlation between parenting quality and children's outcomes, an overview of parenting support initiatives in four states, and recommendations to guide the development of state-level parenting support programs
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Incentives to work?: The impact of a 'Cash-for-Care' benefit for immigrant and native mothers labour market participation
A comparison of the influences of the Cash-for-Care benefit, a public subsidy for child care, on the labor market participation of both native Norwegian and non-western immigrant mothers of 1- to 2-year-olds, based on data collected by Statistics Norway in 1992, 1995, and 1998
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The labor supply effects of child care costs and wages in the presence of subsidies and the earned income tax credit
A study of the associations between employment decisions, hourly wages, hourly child care expenditures, and family background characteristics of single mothers, the use of Child Care Development Funds subsidies, and the use of Earned Income Tax Credit, based on a secondary analysis from 1991 through 2005 waves of the March Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income Program Participation (SIPP)
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Maybe baby: Comparing partnered women's employment and child policies in the EU-15
A comparison of full time employment rates for mothers and non-mothers, ages 25 through 44, and a comparison of full time employment rates in 15 countries with differing child care, finaincial benefit, and parental leave policies, from a secondary analysis of the 2001 European Community Household Panel Survey
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Mother's employment: Cultural imprint or institutional governance?: Belgium, West and East Germany in comparison
A comparison of the labor market participation of mothers with children in different age groups in Belgium, West Germany, and East Germany, taking into account family and child care policy and cultural differences, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Panel Study of Belgian Households (PSBH)
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Preschoolers enrolled and mothers at work?: The effects of universal prekindergarten
An estimation of the effects of universal prekindergarten availability on both preschool enrollment and maternal labor supply based on data from the Census and birthday-based kindergarten eligibility cutoffs
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