Childcare subsidy policy: What it can and cannot accomplish

Most public expenditure on childcare in the US is made through a federal program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), established as 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. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	childcare \| subsidy \| employment \| CCDF \| regulation \| quality

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.43 [DOI] 846679140 [GVK] hdl:10419/125274 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:43 [RePEc]
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:	EconStor

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