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| Title: | | Consequences of mixed provision of child care: An overview on the German market  |
| Authors: | | Muehler, Grit |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 08-077 [rev.] |
| Abstract: | | Universal child care that is available, affordable and of good quality is regarded as a key instrument of a country's social and labor market policy. As full public involvement in the provision of child care is costly, licensing non-public providers can enlarges parental choice and relieve public funds. This paper analyzes the consequences of universal, mixed-market provision of child care for availability and quality by directly comparing public providers to various non-public providers such as welfare organizations, churches and commercial providers. Controlling for regional and socio-demographic differences in participation, results show that non-religious and in particular commercial providers serve the under three-year-olds and respond to the demand for full-day care. Furthermore, they employ more personnel with a tertiary education. Hence, commercial providers can - at least when covering rather low market shares - increase parental choice and contribute to the provision of high-quality child care. |
| Subjects: | | universal child care mixed industry public and private sector |
| JEL: | | J13 H44 L33 |
| older Version: | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27555 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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