Rosenbaum, Dan T.; Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
This study examines the "cost burden" of child care, defined as day care expenses divided by after-tax income. Data are from the wave 10 core and child care topical modules to the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation. We estimate that the average child under six years of age lives in...