Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care
A study and comparison of parent and trained observer ratings of child care quality based on data from a stratified random sample of infant-toddler and preschool classrooms in approximately 100 child care centers
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Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care
An examination of the influence of asymmetrical information and adverse selection on the quality of available child care, as well as parents' ability to discern different qualities of care, based on data gathered from 228 infant and toddler classrooms and 518 preschool rooms from 100 programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina
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Cost functions, efficiency, and quality in day care centers
A study contrasting the quality and efficiency of profit and nonprofit child care providers with differing amounts of child care experience
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Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care centers: Public report
Findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina
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The Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study
A longitudinal study of the relationships between children's experiences in center-based care and school and their social, emotional and cognitive outcomes
Major Research Projects
Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Technical report
An outline of the structure and design of the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, with descriptive comparisons of the centers from which data was drawn, and a presentation of analytic study results
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The market for child care
An analysis of the relationships among child care center producer and consumer costs, structural and process quality, and information asymmetry, based on data from a stratified random sample of approximately 100 centers in four states
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Nonprofit sector and part-time work: An analysis of employer-employee matched data of child care workers
An inquiry into the variance in wages between child care workers in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors and between full-time and part-time workers, and an exploration of differences in attitudes of teachers in each sector, based on data from 398 centers from 4 states, and surveys of teachers from a subsample of 2 randomly selected classrooms in each center
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Non-profit sector and part-time work: An analysis of employer-employee matched data on child care workers
An investigation of the existence and the extent of nonprofit and part-time wage and compensation differentials in child care, in a sample of 398 child care centers in four states
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Quality-adjusted cost functions for child-care centers
An investigation of efficiency and quality standards in full-time year-round for-profit and non-profit child care centers in four states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina)
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The supply of quality in child care centers
An economic study of the relationship between cost and child care quality and revenue and quality using a sample derived from the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study
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