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Assessing the quality of child care using longitudinal, administrative data: What can it tell us and how can it be used?
Witte, Ann D., 2005
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A study analyzing administrative data from Miami-Dade County, Florida to determine the impact of welfare reform on child care quality

Reports & Papers


Assessing the quality of child care using longitudinal, administrative data: What can it tell us and how can it be used?: Part II: Figures and appendix
Witte, Ann D., 2005
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A figure-based appendix to a report that evaluated child care quality through various program characteristics, including subsidies, religion, and education level

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Championing our children: Looking at changes in quality price and availability of child care in the welfare reform age
Queralt, Magaly, 2000
(Wellesley College Working Paper 2000-07). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

An examination of the availability, quality, and price of services offered by licensed child care and early childhood education providers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during a 38-month period surrounding the passage and implementation of welfare reform

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Changes in the availability, quality and price of child care in Massachusetts between 1997 and 1999
Witt, Robert, 2000
(Wellesley College Working Paper 2000-12). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics

A report comparing the characteristics of subsidized and non-subsidized child care providers in Massachusetts from 1997 to 1999

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Duration of subsidized child care arrangements in five areas of Massachusetts: A briefing report [Draft]
Witte, Ann D., July 2001
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics

A study of the characteristics of the children and families receiving child care vouchers in Massachusetts, including the type of child care purchased with child care vouchers and the duration of continuous enrollment in the Commonwealth’s voucher program

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Employment of parents receiving subsidized child care in Dade County, Florida
Griesinger, Harriet, 1997
(Wellesley College Working Paper 98-03). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics

A study of employment patterns for low income workers receiving subsidized child care from the Work and Gain Economic Self sufficiency (WAGES) program in Dade County, Florida

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Estimating the unmet need for child care: A practical approach using a child care illustration
Queralt, Magaly, 1999
(Wellesley College Working Paper 99-05). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics

A description and illustration of a method for locating and estimating unmet demand for child care services in Massachusetts neighborhoods, redesigned for social agency interpretation and practical application

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An examination of the child care choices of low-income families receiving child care subsidies
Witte, Ann D., 2004
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A study of the household and community characteristics associated with the child care choices of families receiving child care subsidies, a presentation of econometric models of child care decision making for subsidy-receiving families, and a study of resulting changes in child care choices following a 2001 reform of subsidy policy, based on data collected from all Rhode Island families receiving child care subsidies between May 1996 and June 2002

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An examination of the child care choices of low-income families receiving child care subsidies: Executive summary
Witte, Ann D., 2004
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A summary of findings from a study of the impact of household characteristics, the number of children in the household receiving subsidies, and policy and administrative changes to the child care subsidy program on the child care choices of subsidized families in Rhode Island.

Executive Summary


An examination of the duration of child care subsidies in Rhode Island: Impacts of policy changes and cross state comparisons
Witte, Ann D., 2005
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A longitudinal comparison of the relationships between the duration of child care subsidy use and family characteristics, the presence of an entitlement system, changes in and use of welfare programs, and increases in access to subsidies, based on data collected from three cohorts of families in Rhode Island receiving their first subsidies in 1996, 1997, or 2000

Reports & Papers


An examination of the duration of child care subsidies in Rhode Island: Impacts of policy changes and cross state comparisons [Executive summary]
Witte, Ann D., 2005
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A summary of an examination of child care subsidies in Rhode Island over a seven year period; the study tracked cycling patterns of the subsidies usage, the correlation between administration of the subsidy program and the exiting of participating families, and the characteristics that influenced the duration a family will take advantage of child care subsidies

Executive Summary


The policy context and infant and toddler care in the welfare reform era
Witte, Ann D., 2001
(Wellesley College Working Paper 2001-04). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012).

A study of the effects of welfare reform and child care subsidy policies on the availability, quality, and price of child care for infants and toddlers from 1996 to 2000 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and five representative areas in Massachusetts

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Welfare reform under PRWORA: Aid to children with working families?
Loprest, Pamela, 1999
(Wellesley College Working Paper 99-12). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

An overview of changes made to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) programs under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PWRORA) of 1996, a discussion of the influences of these changes on incentives for states and families, and a preliminary assessment of the impact of PRWORA on state and local governments and low income families with children

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