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Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility?

In: Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America

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  • Arleen Leibowitz, 1996. "Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility?," NBER Chapters, in: Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America, pages 31-58, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Arleen Leibowitz & Jacob Klerman, 1995. "Explaining changes in married mothers’ employment over time," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 32(3), pages 365-378, August.
    2. Browning, Martin, 1992. "Children and Household Economic Behavior," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 30(3), pages 1434-1475, September.
    3. Alice Nakamura & Masao Nakamura, 1994. "Predicting Female Labor Supply: Effects of Children and Recent Work Experience," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 29(2), pages 304-327.
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    5. Smith, James P & Ward, Michael, 1989. "Women in the Labor Market and in the Family," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 3(1), pages 9-23, Winter.
    6. Leibowitz, A. & Klerman, J.A., 1995. "Explaining Changes in Married Mothers'Employment Over Time," Papers 95-13, RAND - Reprint Series.
    7. Arleen Leibowitz & Linda Waite & Christina Witsberger, 1988. "Child care for preschoolers: Differences by child’s age," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 25(2), pages 205-220, May.
    8. Geoffrey Carliner, 1981. "Female Labor Force Participation Rates for Nine Ethnic Groups," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 16(2), pages 286-293.
    9. Arleen Leibowitz, 1975. "Education and the Allocation of Women's Time," NBER Chapters, in: Education, Income, and Human Behavior, pages 171-198, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    10. Rachel Connelly, 1992. "Self-employment and providing child care," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 29(1), pages 17-29, February.
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    12. Gruber, Jonathan, 1994. "The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(3), pages 622-641, June.
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    1. Paula England & Nancy Folbre, 1999. "Who Should Pay for the Kids?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 563(1), pages 194-207, May.

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