The Rising Cost of Child Care in the United States: A Reassessment of the Evidence
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Keywords
parental employment; child care costs; child care demand; child care regulations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2015-05-30 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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