Alternative methods for Minnesota's market rate study of child care prices
A proposal of changes to the design and data collection methods used in market rate studies of child care prices conducted by Minnesota, including a discussion on the treatment of geographic locations, price modes and conversions, school-aged care, and non-standard hour care
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Assessing structural indicators of child care quality at the local level: Lessons from four Minnesota counties
A journal article using structural indicators to assess child care quality in four Minnesota counties
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Assessment of child care quality in four counties in Minnesota
An investigation into the quality of child care provisions available in four counties in Minnesota, based on information gathered from focus groups with parents, a survey of child care directors, and the Child Care Resource and Referral Network
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Changes in child care arrangements in Minnesota
A study of patterns and changes in the child care arrangements of low income families in Minnesota, based on data from four waves of surveys conducted every five to six months with a cohort of 323 low income families with children under the age of 6
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Child care assistance and the market for child care in Minnesota
Statistics on child care market rates, access, participation and quality in Minnesota
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Child care subsidies and child care markets: Evidence from three states
A study of the relationship of economic, demographic, and policy variables--with a focus on the influence of child care subsidy expenditures--to child care market prices in Oregon, based on an analysis of longitudinal county-level data, and a comparison of results from Oregon to the results of similar studies from California and Minnesota
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Child care subsidies, Low-wage work and economic development
A longitudinal study of the employment and earnings of low income parents participating in Minnesota’s child care subsidy program and a comparison of their earnings by industry sector
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Continuity and stability: Dynamics of child care subsidy use in Oregon
A comparative study of child care subsidy programs in five states, focusing on length of subsidy receipt and provider stability for Oregon families as compared to those in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas
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The dynamics of child care subsidy use by rural families in Oregon
A comparison of child care subsidy duration, in Oregon's rural and urban communities, based on analysis of state child care administrative data
collected between October 1997 and September 1999
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The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states
A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems
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Employment and earnings of the working poor in rural and urban labor markets
An analysis of labor market conditions in Oregon and their role in employment outcomes for economically disadvantaged families
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The influence of local price and availability on parents' choice of child care
An analysis of results from a 1999 Minnesota survey conducted by Wilder Research Center of 2450 families with children under 15, focusing on family, child, and market characteristics that predict type of child care used for the youngest child
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Minnesota Child Care Choices: Continuity of care and participation in the Child Care Assistance Program
A study of the characteristics, duration of continuous participation, and continuity of child care arrangements of participants in the child care subsidy program in Minnesota, based on child care subsidy voucher administrative data for 44,582 children from January 2009 through June 2010
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Participation and employment dynamics of child care subsidy users in rural and urban Oregon
An examination of rural-urban differences in the use of public programs designed to support working low-income families, such as child care subsidies and food stamps, based on a comparison of demographic characteristics, employment stability, participation in work support programs, and other data
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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data
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Rural-urban differences in childcare subsidy use and employment stability
An analysis of the dynamics of program participation and employment stability for rural and urban families in Oregon's child care subsidy program, from an analysis of state adminstrative data from 27,628 single-parent families who entered between October 1998 and September 2000
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Still working in Minnesota?: Follow-up study on parents' employment and earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program
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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Subsidy continuity in Maryland
A study of the duration of children's continuous participation in the child care subsidy program in Maryland, as well as factors associated with the duration, based on child care subsidy voucher administrative data from June 2007 through September 2010
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Where child care is above average?: Licensing, legislation, and indicators of quality of care in Minnesota
An overview of Minnesota's current child care system, examining indicators of quality, and comparing Minnesota's policies and standards to other states to assess strategies that states could use to support child care
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Why do they leave?: Child care subsidy use in Oregon
A study of select family characteristics and values associated with the discontinuation of participation in Oregon's child care subsidy program, based on administrative data collected from over 27,000 families from 1997 through 2001
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Working in Minnesota: Parents' employment and earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program
An analysis of data on industry employment patterns of parents receiving subsidized child care to increase understanding of the impact of child care subsidies on their labor force participation and on the local economies in which the parents are employed
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