Local economic disparities, particularly lower average wages, higher overall unemployment rates and higher poverty rates may lead to rural-urban differences in the use of public programs designed to support working low-income families. This study analyzes the dynamics of program participation...

A dramatic change in the generosity of one state's child care subsidy policy provides an opportunity to study the relationship between subsidy policy generosity and program outcomes. We find positive effects of policy generosity on child care usage and continuity in the program. We also find...