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dc.contributor.authorLemke, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.authorWitt, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorWitte, Ann Drydenen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T15:51:00Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T15:51:00Z-
dc.date.issued2001-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23225-
dc.description.abstractWe assess the role of child care in the welfare to work transition using an unusually large and comprehensive data base. Our data are for Massachusetts, a state that began welfare reform in 1995 under a federal waiver, for the period July 1996 through August 1997. We find that both the nature of the child care market and the availability and policies of subsidized care and early education affect the probability that current and former welfare recipients will work. Regarding the child care market, we find that the availability of care is most consistently related to employment. However, the price and quality of care also matter. We also find that increased funding for child care subsidies, and the availability of full day kindergarten and Head Start significantly increase the probability that current and former welfare recipients work. Higher state payments to providers are associated with increased probabilities of work. Finally, recipients are more likely to work when they are subject to a work requirement. The effects of imposing time limits on cash assistance are less clear.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aWellesley College, Department of Economics |cWellesley, MAen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWellesley College Working Paper |x2001-02en
dc.subject.jelI38en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelH40en
dc.subject.jelI20en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordChild Careen
dc.subject.keywordWelfare Reformen
dc.subject.keywordVouchersen
dc.subject.keywordLabor Supplyen
dc.subject.keywordTime Limitsen
dc.subject.stwKinderbetreuungen
dc.subject.stwFamilienleistungsausgleichen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwMütteren
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleChild care and the welfare to work transition-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn37879566Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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