be the dominant cultural framework in the United States. Yet there is little evidence about how mothers differ in their … child care activity mothers engage in. We document that, compared to less-educated mothers, higher educated mothers report … wellbeing among mothers across the educational distribution does not depend on the type of child care activity and suggests that …

-scale child care reform, which provided generous cash transfers to mothers who did not use formal child care facilities. Combining …-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care …

Expanding childcare is often considered as a suitable way to enhance employment opportunities of mothers with young … set of scenarios of increasing subsidized childcare slots and mothers' employment. For a variety of European welfare … increased mothers' employment should be well targeted. The expenditures for additional childcare slots can to a large extent be …