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Child care quality and child development
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor … in classrooms with more experienced caregivers, and classrooms with caregivers who demonstrate higher-quality … interactions with children. There is substantial heterogeneity in the effects of caregiver quality on child development. Parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626015
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The effect of paying parents to adopt: evidence from Minnesota's foster-care system
Bishop, Kelly C.; Mac Donald, Diana E. - 2022
Aimed at increasing the adoption rate of older children, Minnesota's 2015 Northstar Care Program eliminated the adoption penalty (the decrease in fostering-based financial transfers associated with adoption) for children aged six and older, while maintaining it for children under age six. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796838
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Sinkende Geburtenraten als Herausforderung für den Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lösungswege der Familien- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas; Hardmeier, Sibylle - 2009
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805046
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Sinkende Geburtenraten als Herausforderung für den Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lösungswege der Familien- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas; Hardmeier, Sibylle - 2009
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976743
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Paid parental leave : lessons from OECD countries and selected U.S. states
Adema, Willem; Clarke, Chris; Frey, Valérie - 2015
The United States is at a crossroads in its policies towards the family and gender equality. Currently America provides basic support for children, fathers, and mothers in the form of unpaid parental leave, child-related tax breaks, and limited public childcare. Alternatively, the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403058
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The EITC and maternal time use : more time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable time and resources investing in their children's development. Given evidence that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects maternal labor supply, we investigate how the EITC affects a broad array of time-use activities, focusing on the amount and nature of time...
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The earned income tax credit and maternal time use: more time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable sums investing in their children's development, with their own time among the most important forms of investment. Given well-documented effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on maternal labor supply, it is natural to ask how the EITC affects other time...
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The joint decision of female labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behaviour applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627979
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Female labour supply and childcare in Italy
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behavior applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982064
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The effects of large universal child benefits on female labour supply
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - 2018
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work...
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