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The Impact of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems on Families' Child Care Choices and the Supply of Child Care Labor
Herbst, Chris M. - 2016
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are increasingly deployed by states to monitor and improve the quality of non-parental child care settings. By making information on program quality accessible to the public, QRIS attempts to alter parental preferences for quality-related attributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978163
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The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families' child care choices and the supply of child care labor
Herbst, Chris M. - 2016
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are increasingly deployed by states to monitor and improve the quality of non-parental child care settings. By making information on program quality accessible to the public, QRIS attempts to alter parental preferences for quality-related attributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594075
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Offline effects of online connecting : the impact of broadband diffusion on teen fertility decisions
Guldi, Melanie; Herbst, Chris M. - 2015
teens make. Specifically, we look at the relationship between increased broadband access and teen fertility. We hypothesize … that increasing access to high-speed internet can influence fertility decisions by changing the size of the market as well … broadband internet on teen fertility as well as the mechanisms underlying this effect. Our results suggest that increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529487
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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
In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779847
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Child care subsidies and childhood obesity
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2009
Child care subsidies play a critical role in facilitating the transition of disadvantaged mothers from welfare to work. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858880
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions : evidence from three nationally representative datasets
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2012
A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both parental and child well-being. Although the effects of child care subsidies on maternal employment and child development have been recently studied, many other dimensions of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530163
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The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011
This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488416
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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
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the Lanham Act of 1940, a heavily-subsidized and universal child care program that was administered throughout the U.S. during World War II. I begin by estimating the impact of the Lanham Act on maternal employment using 1940 and 1950 Census data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229538
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The impact of non-parental child care on child development : evidence from the summer participation "dip"
Herbst, Chris M. - 2012
Although a large literature examines the effect of non-parental child care on preschool-aged children's cognitive development, few studies deal convincingly with the potential endogeneity of child care choices. Using a panel of infants and toddlers from the Birth cohort of the Early Childhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675523
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The Geographic Accessibility of Child Care Subsidies and Evidence on the Impact of Subsidy Receipt on Childhood Obesity
Herbst, Chris M. - 2011
This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119294