Rosenbaum, Dan T; Ruhm, Christopher J - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
Abstract This study examines the child care "expenditure share," defined as child care expenses divided by after …-tax income on child care. However, this conceals wide variation: 63 percent of such children reside in families with no child … devoted to child care is typically greater in single-parent than married-couple families but is not systematically related to …