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The costs of childcare after housing costs
Alakeson, Vidhya, December, 2012
London: Resolution Foundation.

An analysis of the roles of child care expenses and subsidies in the disposable income of families in the United Kingdom, based on a model of child care and housing expenses

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Counting the costs of childcare
Alakeson, Vidhya, October, 2012
London: Resolution Foundation.

An analysis of the role of both child care prices and receipt of child care assistance in the net child care expenses of families in the United Kingdom, based on a model of child care expenses

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Can research realise a bit of utopia?: The impact of action research on the policy of childcare in Flanders
Peeters, Jan, 2012
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, , 1-16

A description of select studies on professionalism and gender in the early care and education workforce in the Flemish Community of Belgium, and a discussion of the contributions of research to child care policies

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Can we trust parental reports of child care subsidy receipt?
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2012
(Methodological Brief OPRE 2012-53). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A study of the incidence and implications of measurement error in parental reports of child care subsidy receipt in survey data, based on parent and provider reports of subsidy receipt from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national longitudinal cohort study

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Department for Education: Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds
Great Britain. National Audit Office, 03 February, 2012
(HC 1789 Session 2010-2012). Norwich, United Kingdom: Stationery Office.

A study of the extent to which a policy in England to provide 15 hours a week of free early education for 38 weeks a year to all 3- and 4-year-olds achieves objectives related to take-up, quality of provision, and participant educational outcomes, based on a document review, analyses of secondary data, a census of local authorities, visits to 14 local authorities, and stakeholder interviews

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[Department of Defense policies on accommodating children with special needs in child care programs]
United States. Government Accountability Office, 16 January, 2013
(GAO-13-165R). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A study of United States Department of Defense child care policies for serving children with special needs, based on a review of documents and interviews with key informants

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Does state preschool crowd-out private provision?: The impact of universal preschool on the childcare sector in Oklahoma and Georgia
Bassok, Daphna, December, 2012
(NBER Working Paper No. 18605). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the relationship of changes in the child care supply, in both the public and private sectors, to the introduction of universal preschool programs in Georgia and Oklahoma, based on two datasets compiled from Internal Revenue Service business tax returns and on administrative data from Georgia and Oklahoma

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Do higher childcare subsidies improve parental well-being?: Evidence from Quebec's family policies
Brodeur, Abel, August, 2012
(Discussion Paper No. 6804). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

An examination of changes to levels of parental well-being at the time of the introduction of universal subsidized child care in Quebec, Canada, based on a comparison of pre- and post-reform reports of parental well-being from Quebec and the rest of Canada, as well as from parents with either young or older children

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Do higher childcare subsidies improve parental well-being?: Evidence from Quebec's family policies
Brodeur, Abel, May, 2012
(Working Paper 12-23). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Economiques et l'Emploi.

An examination of changes to levels of parental well-being at the time of the introduction of universal subsidized child care in Quebec, Canada, based on a comparison of pre- and post-reform reports of parental well-being from Quebec and the rest of Canada, as well as from parents with either young or older children

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Doing it for the kids?: The determinants of attitudes towards public childcare in unified Germany
Goerres, Achim, April, 2012
Journal of Social Policy, 41(2), 349-372

A study of population characteristics associated with differing attitudes towards public child care provision in Germany, including socialization in either East or West Germany, political ideology, family involvement, and self interest, based on data from the 2002 German General Social Survey and the 2008-2009 European Social Survey

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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
Schulman, Karen, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia

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Early childhood learning guidelines in Latin America and the Caribbean
Harris-Van Keuren, Christine, January, 2013
Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.

A comparative analysis of child development indicators in the guidelines of early learning programs for infants and toddlers in Latin American and Caribbean countries, based on documents for 19 programs collected from early childhood program managers

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Early learning programs and related delivery systems: Audit performed pursuant to Chapter 2011-142, Laws of Florida
Florida. Office of the Auditor General, December, 2011
(Report No. 2012-061). Tallahassee: Florida, Office of the Auditor General.

An examination of the governance structure, administration, oversight, and service delivery of state-funded early learning programs in Florida, based on audit procedures that include interviews with state agency staff, analyses of administrative data, a survey of 2,000 parents, interviews with 100 child care providers, and 20 provider site visits

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Early Years Strategy: Consultation with parents: Qualitative report prepared for: Department of Education
Perceptive Insight, 02 June, 2011
Bangor, United Kingdom: Northern Ireland, Department of Education.

An analysis of parents' responses to proposed early education policy reform to improve the quality and availability of services in Northern Ireland, based on 10 focus groups with 63 parents

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Effects of social policy reforms and the economy on welfare participation and employment among single mothers
Herbst, Chris M., 2007
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park

A discussion of the role of policies in the child care subsidy take-up rates among eligible families, and a presentation of estimation models for the roles of child care subsidies, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and demographic variables in the employment choices of single mothers

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An empirically-based statewide system for identifying quality pre-kindergarten programs
Williams, Jeffrey M., 20 June, 2012
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 20(17), 1-36

An identification of prekindergarten classrooms as promoting school readiness, based on data from over 8,000 children from 1,255 prekindergarten classrooms followed longitudinally for one year who participated in a statewide quality rating system that links information about prekindergarten programs with children's school readiness

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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules

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Evaluation of the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education: Annual progress report 2011
Urbis (Firm : Australia), March, 2012
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia: Australia, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Findings from the second year of a four-year evaluation of the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education, a commitment in Australia to deliver universal, full-time preschool access to children in the year before school, that examine state and territory progress towards target outcomes, based on state and territory reports, secondary data, and stakeholder interviews

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Examining California's afterschool movement post Proposition 49
Piha, Sam, July, 2012
Oakland, CA: Temescal Associates.

An examination of the implementation of California's Proposition 49, which funds school-based after school programs, and the current status and needs of the after school field in California, based on a document review and key informant interviews

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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329

A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies

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Examining the Human Resource Implications of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)/Communications Strategy Development: Family child care
Beach, Jane, April, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

An examination of issues related to family child care in Canada, and a discussion of their implications for the early childhood education and care profession, based on stakeholder surveys, 30 key informant interviews, and a literature review

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Examining the Human Resource Implications of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)/Communications Strategy Development: Inclusion
Flanagan, Kathleen, April, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

An examination of issues related to inclusion in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Canada, and a discussion of their implications for the ECEC profession, based on stakeholder surveys, 30 key informant interviews, and a literature review

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Examining the Human Resource Implications of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)/Communications Strategy Development: Integration of ECEC and education
Flanagan, Kathleen, April, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

An examination of issues related to the integration of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) and education sectors in Canada, and a discussion of their implications for the ECEC profession, based on stakeholder surveys, 30 key informant interviews, and a literature review

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Examining the Human Resource Implications of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)/Communications Strategy Development: School-age child care
Beach, Jane, April, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

An examination of issues related to school-age child care in Canada, and a discussion of their implications for the early childhood education and care profession, based on stakeholder surveys, 30 key informant interviews, and a literature review

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Existing policies, regulation, legislation and ongoing health promotion activities related to physical activity and nutrition in pre-primary education settings: An overview
Nethe, A., March, 2012
Obesity Reviews, 13(s1), 118-128

An overview of policies, regulation, legislation, and ongoing health promotion activities related to physical activity and nutrition in early care and education settings in 6 countries, based on a review of 30 documents from Bulgaria, Belgium-Flanders, Greece, Spain, Germany, and Poland

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