This paper examines the impact of actual subsidy receipt of single mothers on their joint employment and child care … type of care chosen. Results indicate that single mothers are highly responsive to child care subsidies by increasing their … employment while moving from parental and relative care to center care in the process …

estimated effect is large, implying that three mothers entered the labor force for every ten children enrolled in public school … married mothers of five year olds. These findings complement other research suggesting that preschools targeted toward at …

health threat. We examine the effect of maternal employment and child care policy on rates of accidental injury using both … maternal employment on unintentional injuries to children vary by demographic group, with the effects being positive for blacks … and Vital Statistics data suggest that the effects of maternal employment may be mediated by child care regulations. Most …

). Respondents in the NLSY were aged 21 to 29 in 1986; thus our sample consists of children of relatively young mothers. We show that … for this group the impact of maternal labor supply depends upon when it occurs. Maternal employment is found to have a …

parental and child well-being. Although the effects of child care subsidies on maternal employment and child development have … particular, subsidized mothers report lower levels of overall health and are more likely to show symptoms consistent with anxiety …, depression, and parenting stress. Such mothers also reveal more psychological and physical aggression toward their children and …

We show that close geographical proximity to mothers or mothers-in-law has a substantial positive effect on the labor ….S. Census, we find that the predicted probability of employment and labor force participation is 4-10 percentage points higher … for married women with young children living in close proximity to their mothers or their mothers-in-law compared with …

We study the impacts of a policy designed to reward mothers who stay at home rather than join the labor force when … (HCA) decreases maternal employment in both the short and long term. The effects are large enough for the existence of home … on mothers and children compared to HCA. Our findings suggest that shifting child care from the home to the market …

increasing the labor supply of mothers during WWII. Our information is at the city or town level and includes war contracts, the … size of and expenditures on the childcare program, and the "reserve labor force" of mothers as of 1939. We find that the … programs became well-funded but were late to start, limited in scope, and incapable of greatly increasing women's employment in …

production for boys is more adversely affected by a decrease in the mother's time input as a result of increasing employment …'s employment during her children's childhood has an asymmetric effect on the educational achievement of her own sons and daughters … about the implications of these asymmetric effects on the mothers' labor supply decisions and find supporting evidence in …