Child care
Dickinson, Katherine, 1975
In G. J. Duncan & J. N. Morgan (Eds.), Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. III. Analyses of the first six years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (pp. 221-233). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
An analysis of the frequency of use of various child care arrangements by families, based on data from the 1968-1972 Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Reports & Papers
The child care mode choice of working mothers
Duncan, Greg, 1977
In G. J. Duncan & J. N. Morgan (Eds.), Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. V. Components of change in family well-being and other analyses of the first eight years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (pp. 379-388). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
An examination of the relationship between a family’s socioeconomic status and their use of formal child care, using data from the 1974 wave of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Reports & Papers
Correlates of curiosity and exploratory behavior in preschool disadvantaged children
Minuchn, Patricia, 1971
Child Development, 42(3), 939-950
A study of a pilot project with the objectives of developing measures of curiosity and exploratory behavior appropriate for disadvantaged preschool children, as well as the relationship between curiosity and other aspects of functioning; a sample population of 18 four year-old African-American children in Head Start programs were assessed
Reports & Papers
Educational attainment
Duncan, Greg, 1974
In Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. I. An analysis of the first five years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (pp. 305-331). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
A longitudinal study of the relationship of parental characteristics, children characteristics, and environmental factors on children’s educational attainment, focusing on the characteristics and factors of parental income, cognitive skills, and education level, children’s cognitive skills and achievement motivation, local labor market conditions, and the quality of schooling
Reports & Papers
Effects of child-care programs on women's work effort
Heckman, James J., 1974
Journal of Political Economy, 82(2), S136-S163
A statistical analysis of the value of nonworking mothers' time as well as labor force participation, hours-of-work and welfare program losses due to child care subsidy programs in the United States
Reports & Papers
Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. I. An analysis of the first five years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Morgan, James N., 1974
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
An analysis of the factors affecting families’ well-being, economic opportunity and educational attainment, based on data gathered from the 1968-1972 Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Reports & Papers
Modal choice in child care arrangements
Duncan, Greg, 1975
In G. J. Duncan & J. N. Morgan (Eds.), Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. III. Analyses of the first six years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (pp. 235-258). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
An inquiry into the influence of child care arrangement preferences on the labor participation decisions of women and families, based on information from the 1973 Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Reports & Papers
Parents' choice of day care services
Moore, John C., 1982
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 461, 125-134
An analysis of factors involved in parents’ choice of child care, including need, provider types, household income and employment status
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Young children and ''other'' family members
Duncan, Greg, 1976
In G. J. Duncan & J. N. Morgan (Eds.), Five thousand American families: Patterns of economic progress: Vol. IV. Family composition change and other analyses of the first seven years of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (pp. 155-179). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research.
An account of the relationship between changes in family composition and the well-being of children and auxiliary family members, based on information gathered from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
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