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A dynamic analysis of the effect of child care costs on the work decisions of low-income mothers with infants.
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Child care costs reduce the net benefit of working and consequently influence mothers decisions to work. They affect the employment of low-income mothers in particular because they represent a larger portion of these mothers earnings. I used a hazard ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Feb
in Journal: Demography
(Language : eng)
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1. Demography.
2002 Feb;39(1):139-64
A dynamic analysis of the effect of child care costs on the work decisions of low-income mothers with infants.
Baum CL
Economics and Finance Department, Box 27, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. cbaum@mtsu.edu
Child care costs reduce the net benefit of working and consequently influence mothers' decisions to work. They affect the employment of low-income mothers in particular because they represent a larger portion of these mothers' earnings. I used a hazard framework to examine a mother's decisions about work and hours of work after childbirth. I focused on low-income mothers with infants because they are the ones who may be most affected by child care costs. The results showed that child care costs are a barrier to work that is larger for low-income mothers than for non-low-income mothers. Further, child care costs have large negative effects on hours of work.
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Charles L | Baum | CL |
Affiliation: Economics and Finance Department, Box 27, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. cbaum@mtsu.edu
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- Child Day Care Centers - economics, statistics & numerical data
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Data Collection
- Decision Making
- Decision Support Techniques
- Employment - economics, statistics & numerical data
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Mothers - psychology
- Poverty
- Public Assistance
- United States
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