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ED401025 PS024748
Title: The Economics of Child Care.
Author(s): Blau, David M., Ed.
Author Affiliation: Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.(QPX76980)
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0-87154-119-X
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Russell Sage Foundation, CUP Services, 750 Cascadilla Street, P.O. Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851 (Cloth: ISBN-0-87154-118-1, $34.95; Paper: ISBN-0-87154-119-X, $14.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Opinion papers (120)
Geographic Source: U.S.; North Carolina
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1997
Target Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Economic issues
are an important part of the debate over child care policy. This
volume presents findings from economic analyses of research on child
care issues surrounding recent policy decisions and scholarly debates.
The book's introduction discusses four main issues; government involvement
in child care policies, its effect on quality of child care, behavior
of consumers in the child care market, and the supply of child care.
The introduction concludes with a summary of each of the chapters
and ensuing comments written by seven economists. The chapters are:
(1) "Child Care Policy and Research: An Economist's Perspective"
(Philip K. Robins, comments by William Prosser); (2) "Public
Policy and the Supply of Child Care Services" (James R. Walker,
comments from a developmental psychologist's perspective by Deborah
A. Phillips); (3) "The Importance of Child Care Costs to Women's
Decision Making" (Rachel Connelly, comments by Sandra L. Hofferth);
(4) "Quality, Cost, and
Parental Choice of Child Care" (Ellen Kisker and Rebecca Maynard;
and (5) "The Quality of Child Care: An Economic Perspective"
by David M. Blau. All but one of the chapters contain references.
(AMC)
Descriptors: *Child Caregivers; *Consumer Economics; Cost Effectiveness;
Decision Making; Developmental Psychology; *Economic Impact; *Economic
Research; *Employed Women; *Public Policy; Quality Control
Identifiers: *Child Care Costs; Child Care Legislation; Child Care
Needs; Child Care Satisfaction; Economic Trends; Quality Assurance
