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The benefits and costs of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment in young children: A policy study
Cleveland, Gordon, 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

A study that utilizes economic theory to argue for publicly funded child care programs

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The benefits of early child development programs: An economic analysis: Vol. 1. [Main report]
Gaag, J. van der, 1998
(Report No. 18992). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A proposal of a model for conducting a cost-benefit analysis of early childhood education and care programs, including a discussion of the benefits of investment to society, families, and individuals, based on a case study of the model's application in Bolivia

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Care of children in a low fertility setting: Transitions between home and market care for pre-school children in Germany
Ondrich, Jan, 1998
Population Studies, 52(1), 35-48

An analysis of the demand for child care for preschool children in Germany as it relates to household characteristics, the mother’s employment status, and regional supply

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Child care subsidies for low-income and TANF families: Availability, access, and relationship to work force participation
Pearlmutter, Sue, 1998
Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University), Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.

A paper on the projected supply of and demand for subsidized child care after welfare reform in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Can intervention early prevent crime later?: The Abecedarian Project compared with other programs
Clarke, Stevens H., 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(2), 319-343

A comparison of the Abercadarian Project’s study of youth crime and delinquency among its participants with other early childhood prevention programs

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Clinton County child care needs assessment: Final report
Elicker, James, September, 1998
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services, types of preferred services, and child care problems facing families in Clinton County, Indiana, based on available primary data sources, a survey of parents, and parent and child care provider focus groups

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The demand for child care quality: An hedonic price theory approach
Hagy, Alison P., 1998
Journal of Human Resources, 33(3), 683-710

An economic analysis of the role of child care pricing, demand and government subsidization in shaping child care quality

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The demand for quality in child care
Blau, David M., 1998
Journal of Political Economy, 106(1), 104-146

A discussion of the effects of demand on price and quality of child care using an economic perspective

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A dynamic analysis of turnover in employment and child care
Blau, David M., 1998
Demography, 35(1), 83-96

A paper estimating the effects of family characteristics and supply factors on child care turnover

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Early childhood care and development programs in Latin America: How much do they cost?
Waiser, Myriam, August 1998
Washington, DC: World Bank, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office.

A comparison of the costs of early education and care service provision in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, and a comparison of the costs of service provision between early childhood programs in Chile

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Early childhood intervention and juvenile delinquency: An exploratory analysis of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
Reynolds, Arthur J., June 1998
Evaluation Review, 22(3), 341-372

An investigation of the relationship between participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion (CPC) Program, during preschool to third grade, and measures of juvenile delinquency among a sample of low income, mainly African American youths, using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study

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The effect of distributive justice on willingness to pay for municipality child care: An extension of the GEF hypothesis
Eek, Daniel, 1998
Social Justice Research, 11(2), 121-142

A Swedish study assessing public-goods dilemmas, self-interest versus common welfare, as it relates to distributive justice principles and their convergence’s affects on individuals’ willingness to pay for child care social services in hypothetical societies

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Effects of information provision in a vertically differentiated market
Chipty, Tasneem, 1998
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 6493). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the influence of consumer information, in the form of resource and referral agencies (R&Rs), on child care centers' market prices and observable quality, using a database of information collected from the Profile of Child Care Settings (PCS), the 1990 census, various compilations of state regulations, and special surveys by the National Governor’s Association and R&Rs and local regulatory agencies

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Influence of client-based subsidies on the market for child care
Mueser, Peter R., 1998
The Journal of Consumer Affairs, 32(1), 145-175

An examination of subsidies, the stimulation of child care fees, and the resultant impact on child care quality and on the Missouri child care market, with data analysis of past subsidy studies concerning child care markets and survey results of child care providers and randomly selected Missouri households

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Influences on neighborhood supply of child care in Massachusetts
Queralt, Magaly, 1998
Social Service Review, 72(1), 17-46

An analysis of regional child care demand in Massachusetts as associated with demographic characteristics

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Licensed child care in Washington State: 1996
Miller, Marna G., 1998
(Report No. 7.82). Olympia: Washington Department of Social and Health Services.

A 1996 market survey of Washington State child care centers and licensed family homes, providing information about child care rates, child care industry, and subsidized child care

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Local assessments of childcare need and provision
Moss, Peter, July 1998
(Research Report No. 72). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment.

An examination of the feasibility and potential of conducting local assessments of child care demands, needs, and provisions, based on a review of existing material, interviews with national public and private agencies, a postal questionnaire of local authorities, and case studies of 12 local authorities in the United Kingdom

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The performance of the child care subsidy system: Target efficiency, coverage, adequacy and equity
Meyers, Marcia K., 1998
Unpublished manuscript

A discussion of the child care subsidy system in California centering around target efficiency, coverage adequacy, and equity of the system for low-income and welfare recipient families

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A research analysis of pre-school provision in the market place
Brown, Sally, 1998
Scottish Educational Review, 30(1), 4-14

A discussion of the voucher scheme developed in Scotland based on ‘market’ philosophy, and the effect of competing sectors of child care on the voucher scheme

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Safe and smart: Making the after-school hours work for kids
United States. Department of Education, 1998
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

A report on the benefits of after-school programs with examples of successful programs

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Sampling errors and confidence intervals for order statistics: Implementing the Family Support Act and welfare reform
Horrace, William, 1998
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 24(3-4), 181-207

A study of child care market rates across the state of Massachusetts in 1993 and 1994, including a statistical analysis of child care subsidy reimbursement percentiles and issues involved in calculating those percentiles

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Study on the economics of childcare in Ireland
Ireland. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Childcare Directorate, 1998
Dublin, Ireland: Stationery Office.

A study of the supply, demand, job potential, costs, and benefits of child care in Ireland, in the context of state intervention of the child care sector

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Wages, taxes and publicly provided day care
Lundholm, Michael, 1998
Journal of Population Economics, 11(2), 185-204

A paper using a theoretical model to analyze the relationship between publicly provided child care and an increase in Swedish women's labor force participation

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Work, income, the economy, and married fathers as child-care providers
Casper, Lynne, 1998
Demography, 35(2), 243-250

A study of correlations among married fathers’ participation in child care, family income, work, and the economy within the different macroeconomic contexts of 1991, 1988 and 1993

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