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The rising cost of child care in the United States : a reassessment of the evidence
Herbst, Chris M. - 2015
increased in absolute terms, highly-educated women increasingly find child care employment less attractive than other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529493
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Universal child care, maternal employment, and children's long-run outcomes : evidence from the US Lanham Act of 1940
Herbst, Chris M. - 2013
maternal employment using 1940 and 1950 Census data in a difference-in-difference-in-differences framework. The evidence … on the design of contemporary child care systems that balance the twin goals of increasing parental employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229538
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Child care in the United States : markets, policy, and evidence
Herbst, Chris M. - 2022
sectors, raising questions about the impact of child care costs and quality on parental employment and child development. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369000
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Employment-contingent health insurance, illness, and labor supply of women : evidence from married women with breast cancer
Bradley, Cathy J.; Neumark, David; Luo, Zhehui; … - 2005
"We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health … shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the … labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764240
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Minimum quality regulations and the demand for child care labor
Ali, Umair; Herbst, Chris M.; Makridis, Christos A. - 2021
Minimum quality regulations are often justified in the child care market because of the presence of information frictions between parents and providers. However, regulations can also have unintended consequences for the quantity and quality of services provided. In this paper, we merge new data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609194