The rising participation of women in paid work has not only heightened demand for universal early education and care programs but also led to increased use of childcare amongst children at earlier ages. Prior research investigating Quebec’s universal highly subsidized childcare documented...

Introduction -- Children and the economy -- Commitments and capabilities -- Defining the costs of children -- Children and family budgets / with Tamara Ohler -- Children outside the household -- Accounting for family time / with Jayoung Yoon -- Valuing family work -- Subsidizing parents --...

Study design and methods / Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb -- Quality of the early caregiving environment and preschool well-being : an examination of children entering the child welfare system during infancy / Brenda Jones Harden ... [et al.] -- Risk and resilience among...