Child-care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 603-621
An analysis comparing the maternal employment patterns and child care arrangements and their quality for children with and without special needs, using two studies: a study of children with special needs, and data from the Seattle, Washington, a site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Child Development, 69(4), 1145-1170
A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Extended early childhood intervention and school achievement: Age thirteen findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reynolds, Arthur J., 1998
Child Development, 69(1), 231-246
An article on the long-term effects on school achievement of a preschool and early elementary school comprehensive services intervention
Reports & Papers
Facilitating the transition to first grade: The nature of transition and research on factors affecting it
Entwisle, Doris R., 1998
Elementary School Journal, 98(4), 351-364
A study on the transition to the first grade and its importance using data from the Beginning School Study
Reports & Papers
Healthy environments, healthy children: Children in families: A report on the 1997 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1998
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
A summary of the results of the Child Development Study, a supplemental study to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Reports & Papers
Neighbourhood influences on children's school readiness
Kohen, Dafna E., 1998
(Working Paper Series No. W-98-15E). Hull, Quebec: Human Resources Development Canada, Applied Research Branch. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013).
A study examining the influences of neighborhood and family characteristics, particularly socioeconomic status, on children's school readiness, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) in Canada
Reports & Papers
Profiles of grandmothers who help care for their grandchildren in the United States
Baydar, Nazli, 1998
Family Relations, 47(4), 385-393
A discussion of characteristics of care-giving grandmothers using survey data from the National Survey of Families and Households in 1987 and 1988
Reports & Papers
Relative efficacy of parent and teacher involvement in a shared-reading intervention for preschool children from low-income backgrounds
Lonigan, Christopher J., 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(2), 263-290
An article on the effects of a parent and teacher child reading intervention on children's oral language skills
Reports & Papers
Welfare families' use of early childhood care and education programs, and implications for their children's development
Zaslow, Martha, 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 535-563
A study of the developmental implications of early childhood care and education programs for welfare families, and the predictors of early child care participation
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