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Child care subsidies and child development

Herbst, Chris M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2008

Child care subsidies are an important part of federal and state efforts to move welfare recipients into employment. One …

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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers

Tekin, Erdal - 2002

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment decision as well as the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment …

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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers

Blau, David; Tekin, Erdal - 2001

care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt on employment, school attendance, job search, and welfare participation. We … in welfare. Ordinary least squares estimates show positive and significant effects of subsidy receipt on employment …

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Nonprofit sector and part-time work : an analysis of employer-employee matched data of child care workers

Mocan, Naci; Tekin, Erdal - 2001

This paper uses a rich employer-employee matched data set to investigate the existence and the extent of nonprofit and part-time wage and compensation differentials in child care. The empirical strategy adjusts for workers' self-selection into the for-profit or nonprofit sectors, into full-time...

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"Might not be a tomorrow" : a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime

Brezina, Timothy (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor); … - 2008

A number of researchers point to the anticipation of early death, or a sense of "futurelessness," as a contributing factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have little reason to delay gratification for the promise of...

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How Americans viewed their lives in 2005

Blendon, Robert J.; Benson, John - In: Challenge 49 (2006) 3, pp. 48-67

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Does child abuse cause crime?

Currie, Janet M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006

Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We focus on crime because it is one of...

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How Americans view their lives

Blendon, Robert J.; Benson, John - In: Challenge 50 (2007) 3, pp. 5-25

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Public opinion, the deep recession, and the 2010 elections

Blendon, Robert J.; Benson, John - In: Challenge 53 (2010) 5, pp. 14-33

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The impact of child care subsidies on child well-being : evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2010

disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment … that conditions eligibility on parental employment and deemphasizes child care quality. -- child care ; subsidy …

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