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Grandfathers and the impact of raising grandchildren
Bullock, Karen, 2005
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32(1), 43-59

A study of the experiences of 26 grandfathers raising grandchildren in a rural Southeastern community

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Impressions of mothers and fathers on the periphery of child care
Riggs, Janet M., 2005
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29(1), 58-62

A study of gender roles in parenting expectations using the perceptions of working parents without the primary responsibility for child care

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Instability in patchworks of child care when moving from welfare to work
Scott, Ellen K., 2005
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(2), 370-386

A longitudinal study of welfare recipients in Cleveland, Ohio, examining the stability of child care arrangements during welfare-to-work transitions

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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months [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. 163-172). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of 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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Labor supply and child care costs: The effect of rationing
Del Boca, Daniela, September 2005
(Discussion Paper No. 1779). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

An examination of the links between the availability of child care services and mothers’ employment decisions, based on a subsample of Italian households comprised of participants in the Bank of Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) and the ISTAT Multiscopo surveys

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Mothers' time with infant and time in employment as predictors of mother-child relationships and children's early development
Huston, Aletha C., 2005
Child Development, 76(2), 467-482

A study of the relationship between maternal time with infants and the quality of mother-child relationships and children’s development, based on a sample of 1,053 mothers taken from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care, using time diaries, interviews, and home visit assessments using the Home Observation for Measure of the Environment (HOME) scale

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Mothers' work and child care: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City
Hallman, Kelly, 2005
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53(4), 855-885

An investigation of the effects of child care provision on mothers' employment rates through an analysis of labor force participation, hours worked, and child care arrangements of mothers from the urban areas of Guatemala City

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The National Childcare Strategy: The social regulation of lone mothers as a gendered reserve army of labour
Grover, Chris, 2005
Capital & Class, 85(1), 63-90

An examination of the introduction and development of the National Childcare Strategy (NCS) through a regulation approach analytic framework exploring the role of social policy in the governance of capital accumulation

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New mothers' employment and public policy in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Japan
Kenjoh, Eiko, 2005
Labour, 19(s1), 5-49

A study of the link between family friendly public policies and women's employment status after birth of their first child in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Japan in the 1980s and 1990s

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New turf for organizing family child care providers
Brooks, Fred, 2005
Labor Studies Journal, 29(4), 45-64

An analysis of the effort put forth by the Local 880 Service Employees International Union to organize Illinois family child care providers

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Occupational structure and the employment of American mothers of young children
Edwards, Mark Evan, 2005
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(1), 31-53

A paper that focused on the growing availability of professional, technical, and managerial positions to examine the trend of increased employment for mothers with young children

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Paternal child care and children's development
Averett, Susan L., 2005
Journal of Population Economics, 18(3), 391-414

A study of the effects of fathers as child care providers on children’s development, based on a sample of 4,162 children from families who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)

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Preschool child care and parents' use of physical discipline
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2005
Infant and Child Development, 14(2), 177-198

A study of the association between child care use and parents' use of physical discipline, based on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)

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The role of work in low income families with children: A longitudinal qualitative study
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2005
(Research Report No. 245). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

A longitudinal study on the effect of employment on financial, material and psychological well-being of socioeconomically disadvantaged families

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The roles of living arrangements and household resources in single mothers' employment
Park, Jung Min, 2005
Journal of Social Service Research, 31(3), 49-67

A longitudinal study used nationally representative data from the National Survey of Families and Households (1987/1988, 1992/1994) to investigate the relationship between single mothers' employment status and their living arrangements

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A routine juggling act: Managing child care and employment
Usdansky, Margaret L., 2005
(Working Paper No. 05-18-FF). Princeton, NJ: Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.

An inquiry into the relationship between a lack of child care arrangements and mothers’ attendance at work, based on a subsample of 982 mothers from 20 cities across the United States who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

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Stability and change in child care and employment: Evidence from three states
Miller, Cynthia, 2005
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 20). New York: MDRC.

An examination of patterns of child care use and employment stability among welfare recipients in Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota

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The stability of parenting behaviors over the first 6 years of life
Dallaire, Danielle H., 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(2), 201-219

A study of the relative and absolute stability of parenting behaviors over the first 6 years of children’s lives, based on observed interaction tasks between parents and children in a sample of 1,364 participants enrolled in the Study of Early Child Care (SECC)

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Still working in Minnesota?: Follow-up study on parents' employment and earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program
Davis, Elizabeth E., 2005
St. Paul: Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership .

A study of the employment patterns and wage growth, from 2001 through 2003, of families in four Minnesota counties who received child care assistance in the first quarter of 2001

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Supply and price of childcare and female labour force participation in the Netherlands
Wetzels, Cecile, 2005
Labour, 19(s1), 171-209

A comparison between Dutch and Swedish child care systems, with a focus on the labor force in the Netherlands and the costs of childcare shared by government, employers, and parents

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Taking its toll: The influence of paid and unpaid work on women's well being
MacDonald, Martha, 2005
Feminist Economics, 11(1), 63-94

A study of gender differences in terms of how stress is affected by paid and unpaid work, including child care, housework, elder care

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Transitions on the margins of work and family life for low-income African-American Fathers
Roy, Kevin M., 2005
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(1), 77-100

An examination of the relationship between patterns of work engagement and transitions in family residence and dynamics of family life among low-income African-American fathers in local Chicago communities

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Welfare state regimes and the social organization of labour: Childcare arrangements and the work/family balance dilemma
León, Margarita, 2005
The Sociological Review, 53(Suppl. 2), 204-218

A discussion of policy issues surrounding increased rates of maternal employment and maintaining a work-life balance in the European Union

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The work-care balance: Is it possible to identify typologies for cross-national comparisons?
Haas, Barbara, 2005
Current Sociology, 53(3), 487-508

A literature review of cross-national surveys in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Austria to create country typologies in regards to employment trends for women and child care policies and practices

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