This article explores the evolution of the care economy in Spain in the latter half of the twentieth century, analyzing … equitable sharing of care responsibilities. …

development, few studies deal convincingly with the potential endogeneity of child care choices. Using a panel of infants and …Although a large literature examines the effect of non-parental child care on preschool-aged children's cognitive … estimates by leveraging heretofore unrecognized seasonal variation in child care participation. Child assessments in the ECLS …

on child development. The results from the studies considering non-parental child care policies are presented taking into … account the timing of the intervention. The majority of large-scale policies providing non-parental child care have positive …

More children than ever attend center-based care early in life. We study whether children who attend center-based care … framework to show how causal effects vary with observed characteristics of children, parents, and care centers and with … unobserved preferences for center-based care. Early center-based care benefits children with less educated mothers or foreign …

More children than ever attend center-based care early in life. We study whether children who attend center-based care … framework to show how causal effects vary with observed characteristics of children, parents, and care centers and with … unobserved preferences for center-based care. Early center-based care benefits children with less educated mothers or foreign …

changes in several dimensions of early child care. With longitudinal data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth … and quantity of early care as well as the number of care arrangements used, especially during the latter part of infancy …. Given prior evidence linking these child care dimensions to behavioral and cognitive outcomes, these results suggest a …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … German setting where high quality center-based care is severely rationed and use within state differences in child care … supply as exogenous variation in child care attendance. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provides comprehensive …

policies providing non-parental child care. The empirical findings are conceptualized in a theoretical framework showing how … policy interventions can shape parents' non-parental child care choices; this framework is also used to discuss the … econometric issues arising for the identification of the child care effects. The results from both European and American …