Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues
A policy on child care requires knowledge of alternative programs of different scopes, the relative benefits of these various programs, and their respective costs. This chapter discusses issues of costs and quality of child care. The first section deals with definitions and some data problems: what...
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| description | A policy on child care requires knowledge of alternative programs of different scopes, the relative benefits of these various programs, and their respective costs. This chapter discusses issues of costs and quality of child care. The first section deals with definitions and some data problems: what are we talking about in discussing the costs and need for child care of different kinds? The second section reviews the costs of child care as reported in several major studies. The third section reports data on demand for child care at different prices. The demand parents make for child care at different prices--and the costs of different kinds of care--point to a seriously wide funding gap between what parents and governments now pay for child care and what is needed to provide the kind of care they want. The final section also sets forth several major implications for national policy, including the costs of providing universal child care for children under six. Some possibilities for meeting these costs are discussed. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1553062024-06-26T03:03:16Z Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues Rowe, Mary Potter Husby, Ralph D. child care, child care costs, child care funding, child care policies, child care quality A policy on child care requires knowledge of alternative programs of different scopes, the relative benefits of these various programs, and their respective costs. This chapter discusses issues of costs and quality of child care. The first section deals with definitions and some data problems: what are we talking about in discussing the costs and need for child care of different kinds? The second section reviews the costs of child care as reported in several major studies. The third section reports data on demand for child care at different prices. The demand parents make for child care at different prices--and the costs of different kinds of care--point to a seriously wide funding gap between what parents and governments now pay for child care and what is needed to provide the kind of care they want. The final section also sets forth several major implications for national policy, including the costs of providing universal child care for children under six. Some possibilities for meeting these costs are discussed. 2024-06-25T21:31:12Z 2024-06-25T21:31:12Z 1973 Book chapter https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155306 Mary Potter Rowe and Ralph D. Husby, "Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues," in Child Care: Who Cares? Foreign and Domestic Infant and Early Childhood Development Policies, ed. Pamela Roby (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1973), 98-123. en_US application/pdf Basic Books |
| spellingShingle | child care, child care costs, child care funding, child care policies, child care quality Rowe, Mary Potter Husby, Ralph D. Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues |
| title | Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues |
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| title_short | Economics of Child Care: Costs, Needs, and Issues |
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