Lemke, Robert J.; Witt, Robert; White, Ann Dryden - In: Eastern Economic Journal 33 (2007) 3, pp. 359-373
We consider the effects the child care market, early care and education programs, and welfare reforms have on welfare recipients’ transition from welfare to work. Using 1996-1997 data for Massachusetts, we find that the availability and quality of formal child care, the presence of Head Start...