Childcare subsidy policy: What it can and cannot accomplish

Most public expenditure on childcare in the US â€¨is made through a federal program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), established as â€¨part of landmark welfare reform legislation in 1996. The main goal of the reform was to increase employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income families. Childcare subsidies have been effective in enabling parents to work, but apparently at some cost to the well-being of parents and children.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Tekin, Erdal
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014, July, 43, p. 1-10
Publisher:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	childcare \| subsidy \| employment \| CCDF \| regulation \| quality

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; I2 - Education ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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