Head Start's positive impact on homeless families
An overview of homeless families served by Head Start and Early Head Start, both nationally and in each state
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The impact of child care problems on employment: Findings from a national survey of US parents
A study of self-reported changes in parental employment arrangements resulting from problems securing child care for children with chronic illness and/or behavior problems, based on a nationally-representative survey of 1431 households
Reports & Papers
Intergenerational transmission of skills during childhood and optimal social policy
An examination of optimal tax policy and optimal quality of child care services in a model of parental child care decisionmaking
Reports & Papers
Intra-household work timing: The effect on joint activities and the demand for child care
An examination of work schedules in dual-earner households in the Netherlands and the influence of work schedules on child care demand and time spent jointly on leisure, household chores, and childrearing
Reports & Papers
Intra-household work timing: The effect on joint activities and the demand for child care
An examination of work schedules in dual-earner households in the Netherlands and the influence of work schedules on child care demand and time spent jointly on leisure, household chores, and childrearing
Reports & Papers
Intra-household work timing: The effect on joint activities and the demand for child care
An examination of work schedules in dual-earner households in the Netherlands and the influence of work schedules on child care demand and time spent jointly on leisure, household chores, and childrearing
Reports & Papers
Labor supply and child care choices in a rationed child care market
A study of the relationship of maternal labor force participation to child care choices in Germany, accounting for access restrictions related to child care costs and availability, based on a subsample of 1,495 households from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Reports & Papers
Making work pay: The childcare trap
A discussion of the challenges to accessing child care presented by high costs and the difficulty they present to low-income parents searching for work in the United Kingdom
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Maltreatment prevention through early childhood intervention: A confirmatory evaluation of the Chicago Child-Parent Center preschool program
A study of child, family, and school measures hypothesized to mediate the relationships between Child Parent Center preschool participation from 3- through 5-years-old and both maltreatment and neglect at 4- through 17-years-old, based on data from 1411 participants from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reports & Papers
Minnesota Child Care Choices: Families' employment patterns and child care-related work disruptions
Findings from a longitudinal study of the child care decision-making processes of low-income families in Minnesota that examine parents' employment experiences and connections between child care and work, based on analyses of three subsamples from a survey of 323 low-income parents with at least one child age 6 or under who have applied for child care assistance or welfare and live in one of seven participating counties that consisted of 136 parents in paid employment, 282 labor force participants, and 102 parents with child care problems
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Money for nothing?: Universal child care and maternal employment
An examination of the relationship between universal subsidized child care and maternal employment, based on data from administrative registers from Statistics Norway from 1967 through 2006
Reports & Papers
Parental work schedules and children's cognitive trajectories
A study of the associations between parental nonstandard work schedules and children's reading and math trajectories measured at ages 5 and 6 and at 13 and 14 and an examination of the possible mediating influences of after school care, parent-child relationship quality, and home environment, based on data from 7,105 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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Partnered women's labour supply and child care costs in Australia: Measurement error and the child care price
An econometric examination of the responsiveness of partnered women's labor supply to the price of child care in Australia, and a study of the relationship between the construction of child care prices and study findings, based on data from 7,682 children and their families in the 2005-2007 sample of the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey
Reports & Papers
Pre-school education and care: A 'win-win' policy?
A cross-national analysis of the relationship of child care and early education participation rates to female employment rates and to educational performance at age 15, based on secondary analyses of macroeconomic data, UNESCO administrative data, and 2009 data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a cross-national assessment of skills and knowledge
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Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): 100% Costs Pilot
An examination of the employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in a pilot program in England that paid 100 percent of out-of-work families' child care expenses
Reports & Papers
Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): 100% Costs Pilot [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in a pilot program in England that paid 100 percent of out-of-work families' child care expenses
Executive Summary
Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): Actual Costs Pilot
An examination of the experiences and employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in an alternative child care tax credit reporting and payment system in England
Reports & Papers
Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): Actual Costs Pilot [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the experiences and employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in an alternative child care tax credit reporting and payment system in England
Executive Summary
Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): Disabled Children's Pilot
An examination of the employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in a pilot program in England that increased the child care tax credit amount allowed for families with disabled children
Reports & Papers
Qualitative research into families' experiences and behaviours in the Childcare Affordability Pilots (CAP09): Disabled Children's Pilot [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the employment and child care decisionmaking and outcomes of those invited to participate in a pilot program in England that increased the child care tax credit amount allowed for families with disabled children
Executive Summary
The quantitative role of child care for female labor force participation and fertility
A study of the relationship of the availability of paid and non-paid child care to maternal labor force participation in Germany, and an estimation of the relationship of an increase in subsidized child care to maternal labor force participation, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel, an annual household panel survey
Reports & Papers
Quebec's childcare universal low fees policy 10 years after: Effects, costs and benefits
An examination of the influence of a universal child care subsidy policy in Quebec, Canada, on children's hours in child care and child development and mothers' labor force participation
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South Dakota Head Start & Early Head Start: Family profile
An overview of the structure of families and both the educational attainment and employment status of parents in South Dakota Head Start and Early Head Start programs in 2009-2010
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Work-focused services in children's centres pilot: Final report
An evaluation of a pilot program to incorporate parent labor force participation support services into children's centers in England, that examines parent engagement and take-up of services and partnerships among pilot program and children's center staff, based on site visits, in-depth children's center user and staff interviews, and discussion groups and surveys of children's center users
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Work-focused services in children's centres pilot: Final report [Research summary]
A summary of an evaluation of a pilot program to incorporate parent labor force participation support services into children's centers in England, that examines parent engagement and take-up of services and partnerships among pilot program and children's center staff, based on site visits, in-depth children's center user and staff interviews, and discussion groups and surveys of children's center users
Executive Summary
