Child Care Policy, Welfare Reform and Low-Income Families

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Child Care Policy, Welfare Reform and Low-Income Families

The Questions

Family Data

Policy and Administrative Data

Data Reflecting Availability of ECE Programs & Costs of Working

Data on Labor Market & Community Characteristics

The Setting

The Study Areas

Welfare Reform In Miami-Dade County

Child Care Subsidies In Miami-Dade County

Empirical Model

Methods Unbalanced Longitudinal Data

Empirical Results: Income-Eligible & CPS

Empirical Results: Income-Eligible & CPS (cont’d)

Empirical Results: Current & Former Welfare Recipients--Work?

Empirical Results: Current & Former Welfare Recipients--Earnings?

Other Empirical Results

Other Empirical Results

Socio-Demographic & Human Capital

Effects of the Local Labor Market

Effects of Local Communities

No Work or Earnings Effects?

Conclusions I

Conclusions II

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