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The adult worker model family, gender equality and care: The search for new policy principles and the possibilities and problems of a capabilities approach
Lewis, Jane, 2005
Economy and Society, 34(1), 76-104

A discussion of principles involved in the theoretical shift towards the adult worker model, involving assumptions of increased individualization and self-sufficiency, especially with regards to women

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 4. Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
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 Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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The changing availability of grandparents as carers and its implications for childcare policy in the UK
Gray, Anne, 2005
Journal of Social Policy, 34(4), 557-577

An analysis of the role of grandparents as child care providers in the United Kingdom and its impact on the employment decisions of mothers of young children, based on data from the UK Time Use Survey and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)

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Childcare as a stabilizing influence on HPA axis functioning: A reevaluation of maternal occupational patterns and familial relations
Chryssanthopoulou, Christina C., 2005
Developmental Psychobiology, 47(4), 354-368

An examination of the effects of maternal employment, family environment, and child care arrangements on young children's cortisol levels

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Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns [Abridged]
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 67-77). New York: Guilford Press

A study of employment and child care characteristics, concerns, and problems in a sample of 166 families with children with diagnosed disabilities by 12 months old, as compared to a sample of 139 typically developing children and their families from the Seattle site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child-care choices by working mothers: The case of Italy
Del Boca, Daniela, 2005
Review of Economics of the Household, 3(4), 453-477

A paper examining Italian working mothers' child care choices, comparing mothers who select formal, public child care with mothers who opt for informal child care

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Child care for working poor families: Child development and parent employment outcomes
Elicker, James, 2005
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.

Findings from a study of the types and quality of child care used by low income working families in four Indiana communities, and their relation to child development and parent employment outcomes

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Child care subsidies and entry to employment following child birth
Jordan, Lucy P., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle

An analysis of the effects of child care subsidies on the entry of new mothers into the labor force, using data from the Fragile Families and Well-Being Study

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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

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Children in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS)
National Centre for Social Research (Great Britain), 2005
(Research Report No. 249). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

An assessment of the care and characteristics of families with dependent children in Great Britain in 2003

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A comprehensive employment model for low-income mothers
Urban, Julie A., 2005
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(1), 101-122

An analysis of employment models for low income mothers, using longitudinal data from the Comprehensive Child Development Program

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Corporal punishment as a determinant of developmental outcomes: Longitudinal and process models
Mulvaney, Matthew K., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New Hampshire, Durham

A two-part study examining the influence of corporal punishment across infancy and early childhood using longitudinal analyses performed on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Childhood Care and Youth Development (NICHD-SECCYD) , and, this time using a college sample, the intervening role of individuals' subjective experiences of their parents' use of corporal punishment

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Cost of childcare and female employment in the UK
Viitanen, Tarja K., 2005
Labour, 19(s1), 149-170

An empirical analysis of the relationship between the cost of early child care in the United Kingdom and female participation in the labor force, based on a national British Survey

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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods
Bachman, Heather J., 2005
Family Relations, 54(4), 475-487

A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study

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Demands for child care and household labour supply in Australia
Doiron, Denise, 2005
The Economic Record, 81(254), 215-236

An analysis of the relationship between the demand for child care and the supply of household labor in Australia

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The effect of maternal employment and child care on children's cognitive development
Bernal, Raquel, 2005
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Department of Economics.

An investigation into the correlation between mothers’ employment decisions and children’s cognitive development, based on a subsample of 529 married or cohabiting women and their children from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)

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Effects of child care demands and policies on household labour supply in Australia
Doiron, Denise, 2005
(Policy Research Paper No. 25). Canberra: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.

An empirical investigation into the relationships among labor supply, child care arrangements, and household dynamics in Australia

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Effects of experimental center-based child care on developmental outcomes of young children living in poverty
Lee, Kyunghee, 2005
Social Service Review, 79(1), 158-180

A longitudinal study using data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) to examine how at risk children's cognitive and behavioral development is affected by mothers' employment and enrollment in quality center based child care

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The effects of a mother's return to work decision on child development in the UK
Gregg, Paul, 2005
Economic Journal, 115(501), F48-F80

A report using data from the United Kingdom's Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children to investigate the effects of early maternal employment on children's cognitive development

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Evaluation of the Childcare Taster pilot and Extended Schools Childcare pilot programmes: Qualitative research into initial implementation
Barnard, Helen, January 2005
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of the implementation of two pilot programs to help unemployed single parents and couples find work by providing affordable child care, based on qualitative interviews with program staff and service providers

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Evaluation of effectiveness of subsidized child care program: Report to the 79th Texas Legislature
Texas Workforce Commission, 2005
Austin: Texas Workforce Commission.

An study of Texas labor code 302.0043 and the impacts of its subsidy policies on maintaining parental employment

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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 395-406). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Family life in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS)
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2005
(Research Report No. 250). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

Findings from the 2003 Families and Children study on the health, developmental and employment statuses of families and children in Great Britain

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Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development
Shears, Jeffrey, 2005
Child Care in Practice, 11(1), 63-79

An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project

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Good mothers, bad mothers: Exploring the relationship between attitudes towards nonmaternal childcare and mother's labour force participation
McDonald, Paula, 2005
Journal of Family Studies, 11(1), 62-82

A study of the association of attitudes toward nonmaternal childcare and maternal labor force participation in Australian middle class mothers of young children

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