The Consequences for Women of the Availability and Affordability of Child Care

Abstract

This paper was prepared to provide background material for the National Research Council's Committee on Child Care. It focuses on the effects for women of the availability and affordability of child care, concentrating especially on effects on women's employment and earnings. The paper discusses the implications of raising the wages of child care workers, of the reduced availability of free care by family members, and of the wages of women workers. It considers the role of employers as providers of child care subsidies, perhaps as an employee benefit, and the subsidization of child care costs, especially through the federal tax code. (sdw)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA228413

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People

  • Arleen Leibowitz
  • Linda J. Waite

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Business Administration
  • Corporations
  • Families (Human)
  • Family Size
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Job Training
  • Mental Health
  • New York
  • Public Health
  • Single-Parent Family
  • Societies
  • Training
  • United States

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