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Nonstandard work schedules and child care decisions: Evidence from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
Han, Wen-Jui, 2004
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 231-256

A study of the relationship between parents' work schedules and child care arrangements, using longitudinal data collected by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Early Child Care Research Network

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Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families?
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2004
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(4), 723-743

An investigation of different welfare and employment programs with child care assistance policies and their effects on employment rates and child care decisions of low income families

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Type of child care and children's development at 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 203-230

An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network

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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, 2002
Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta

An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families

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''You have to push it--who's gonna raise your kids?'': Situating child care and child care subsidy use in the daily routines of lower-income families
Lowe, Edward D., 2001
(The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 7). New York: MDRC.

A study of the factors explaining the low and episodic use of center-based child care and child care subsidy programs, on the basis of data from the New Hope Ethnographic Study.

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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements
United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004
(GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

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Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction
Peyton, Vicki, 2001
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(4), 191-208

An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study

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Instability in child care: Ethnographic evidence from working poor families in the New Hope intervention
Lowe, Edward D., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 15). New York: MDRC.

A study of the influence of financial and material resources, social network supports, interpersonal balance in the family, family goals and values, and the stability of the daily routine in changes or stability in child care choices, using data from the New Hope intervention

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'You have to push it--who's gonna raise your kids?': Situating child care and child care subsidy use in the daily routines of lower income families
Lowe, Edward D., 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(2), 143-171

A four-year, longitudinal study measuring the influence of cultural and ecological factors on low income families' use of child care subsidies

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Family and individual predictors of child care use by low-income families in different policy contexts
Huston, Aletha C., 2002
(The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 9). New York: MDRC.

A study of the impact of family and child characteristics on low income parents' use of child care, child care quality and receipt of child care subsidies.

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Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants: In-depth study of eight communities [Final report]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2001
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A qualitative study of the relationship between various child care policies and the ability of low income parents of infants to meet the work or school requirements for receipt of public assistance, based on interviews with service providers and both teenage and adult parents receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) from 8 purposively-selected communities across 6 states

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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families
Mitchell, Anne W., 1992
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty

A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families

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Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
Ha, Yoonsook, September, 2012
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), 1834-1844

An examination of patterns of the receipt of child care subsidies and subsidized care arrangements from birth through age 5, an estimation of the extent to which the patterns of subsidy use are associated with the stability of subsidized child care arrangements, and an examination of factors related to variation in the degree of instability in the receipt of child care subsidies and subsidized care arrangements, based on data from a cohort of young children in Wisconsin followed from birth through 5 years

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YoungStar at one year: An analysis of child care quality in Milwaukee County
Peterangelo, Joseph, January, 2012
Milwaukee, WI: Public Policy Forum.

A study of the implementation of YoungStar, the Wisconsin state child care quality rating and improvement system, in Milwaukee County, and a discussion of the implications for the county child care market, based on an analysis of initial data collected for Milwaukee County providers during the program's first year

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Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2006
American Psychologist, 61(2), 99-116

A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents

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Maternal nonstandard work schedules and child cognitive outcomes
Han, Wen-Jui, 2005
Child Development, 76(1), 137-154

A study to determine whether maternal work schedules have an effect on children's cognitive outcomes, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)

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New hope for families and children: Five-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare
Huston, Aletha C., 2003
New York: MDRC.

An evaluation of a program designed to help low income families find and maintain employment, reduce poverty and improve overall family well-being

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