Welfare reform and child care: evidence from 10 experimental welfare-to-work programs.
This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care by a relative, particularly care by a sibling or a grandparent. Although there are significant differences in the child care responses across the various programs tested, there are no significant differences in the impacts for persons leaving welfare versus persons staying on welfare.
Robins
Philip K
PK
Department of Economics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA. probins@miami.edu
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States