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The availability of child care centers in China and its impact on child care and maternal work decisions
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, December, 2002
(Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series 00-20, DRU-2824-NIH). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the relationship of child care center availability in China to maternal employment and child care use, based on data from the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 1. Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in Australia, Denmark, and the Netherlands affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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California's young children: Demographic, social, and economic conditions
Reed, Deborah, 2002
California Counts: Population Trends and Profiles, 4(2).

An overview of the social and economic well-being of young children as it relates to parental education, employment, family income, and health insurance in California

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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual-earner households: Maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks
Manlove, Elizabeth E., 2002
Infant and Child Development, 11(4), 305-320

A study of maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dual earner households utilizing full time infant day care with a focus on father’s time alone with infants, time available to the infant, and participation in care giving tasks

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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 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

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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, 2002
Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta

An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families

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Data for community planning: 2000 Oregon population estimates & survey findings
Oregon Childhood Care and Education Data Project, 2002
Albany, OR: Linn-Benton Community College, Family Resources and Education Division.

A study of the costs and demand for child care in Oregon

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A dynamic analysis of the effect of child care costs on the work decisions of low-income mothers with infants
Baum, Charles L., 2002
Demography, 39(1), 139-164

A study of the influence of child care costs on the work-related decisions of low-income mothers

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The effect of child care and part time opportunities on participation and fertility decisions in Italy
Del Boca, Daniela, February, 2002
(Discussion Paper No. 427). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

An examination of the correlation between women's wages, labor participation decisions, and fertility rates, and an inquiry into the influence of child care availability and part-time employment opportunities on labor participation, based on a subsample of 1,708 women who participated in the Bank of Italy's Survey of Households Income and Wealth (SHIW)

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The effects of early maternal employment on child cognitive development
Waldfogel, Jane, 2002
Demography, 39(2), 369-392

A study of the effects on child cognitive development at age seven or eight of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life, controlling for factors such as child care use, based on mothers and their children in the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

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Employment and child-care choices of single-parent families in Canada and the United States
Michalopoulos, Charles, 2002
Journal of Population Economics, 15(3), 465-493

Estimates of the effects of child care subsidies, child care prices, income taxes, welfare payments, and wage rates on the employment and child care choices of single parents, using Canadian and United States data

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Enhancing the parenting skills of Head Start families during the transition to kindergarten
Stormshak, Elizabeth, 2002
Prevention Science, 3(3), 223-234

An examination of the effectiveness of Project STAR (Steps to Achieving Resilience) in terms of improving parenting skills in a sample of Head Start parents during their young children's transitions to kindergarten, focusing on the relationship between parents and their home visitors, number of home visiting sessions, maternal depression, and subsidy receipt

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Fathers' child care and children's behavior problems: A longitudinal study
Aldous, Joan, 2002
Journal of Family Issues, 23(5), 624-647

A study of the influence of father care on child behavioral problem outcomes, based on a longitudinal study of 600 white, non-Hispanic, two-parent families from the National Survey of Families and Households

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The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana welfare reform evaluation
Indiana. Division of Family and Children, 2002
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.

An evaluation of the impacts of welfare reform on children in Indiana

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The influences of dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness on children's social outcomes at 24 and 36 months: A comparison of dyadic and group environments
Cranor, Angela, 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

A study designed to examine specific dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness that are strongly associated with social outcomes for 399 toddlers at 24 and 462 children 36 months of age within a either family or center based childcare setting

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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2002
Applied Developmental Science, 6(3), 144-156

A longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills

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Joint labor supply and childcare choice decisions of married mothers
Powell, Lisa M., 2002
Journal of Human Resources, 37(1), 106-128

An examination of literature on the impact of childcare prices and wage rates on the employment and choice of child care settings of married mothers

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Leave arrangements and childcare services in Central Europe: Policies and practices before and after the transition
Kocourková, Jiřina, 2002
Community, Work & Family, 5(3), 301-318

A comparative research study focusing on childcare services and leave arrangements of Central European countries from the 1960’s to the post 1990’s

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Low/moderate-income families in Britain: Work, working families' tax credit and childcare in 2000
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2002
(Research Report No. 161). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

An exploration of the correlation between families’ work status, receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), and the use of child care, based on a survey sample of 6,557 families in Britain who participated in the Families and Children Survey (FACS)

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Maternal sensitivity and child wariness in the transition to kindergarten
Early, Diane Marie, October-December 2002
Parenting: Science and Practice, 2(4), 355-377

An examination of the association between maternal sensitivity and young children's wariness during their transition to kindergarten, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Maternal work and child care in China: A multi-method analysis
Short, Susan E., 2002
Population and Development Review, 28(1), 31-57

An interview and focus-group-based analysis of the relationship between mothers' work and child care arrangements and options in contemporary China

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A multilevel analysis of child care and the transition to motherhood in Western Germany
Hank, Karsten, July 2002
(Discussion Papers 290). Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research).

An exploration of the relationship between parents' access to child care, maternal employment, and women's fertility rates in West Germany, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) from 1984-1999

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Primary child care arrangements of employed parents: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families
Sonenstein, Freya Lund, 2002
(Occasional Paper No. 59). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A discussion of data from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families focusing on child care arrangements for children under the age of 13 with employed parents

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Public schooling for young children and the maternal labor supply
Gelbach, Jonah B., 2002
The American Economic Review, 92(1), 307-322

An analysis based on 1980 U.S. Census data of the effects of public school enrollment of five-year-olds on mothers' labor force participation, with implications for increasing public spending on child care

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