Unintended consequences of child care regulations

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Blau
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Child Care Regulations

scholarly journals Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the Labor Market for Child Care Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 394-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Boyd-Swan ◽  
Chris M. Herbst
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Teacher Hiring ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Child Care Regulations

This article examines racial and ethnic discrimination in the child care teacher hiring process. We construct a unique data set that combines a résumé audit study of center-based providers with a follow-up survey of those in the original audit sample. Fictitious résumés were randomly assigned White-, Black-, and Hispanic-sounding names and submitted in response to real teacher job advertisements. The survey was then administered to capture the characteristics of children, teachers, and administrators within the center. These data reveal three key results. First, we find robust evidence of discrimination: Black and Hispanic applicants receive significantly fewer interview requests than observationally equivalent Whites. Second, our results are consistent with a model of customer discrimination: The racial and ethnic composition of the center’s customer base is correlated with the characteristics of job seekers receiving an interview. Finally, we show that states’ child care regulations mitigate the racial and ethnic gap in interview requests.

scholarly journals The Impact of Regulations on the Supply and Quality of Care in Child Care Markets

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 1775-1805 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Joseph Hotz ◽  
Mo Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Care Services ◽  
State Child ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Child Care Regulations

We examine the impact of state child care regulations on the supply and quality of care in child care markets. We exploit panel data on both individual establishments and local markets to control for state, time, and, where possible, establishment-specific fixed effects to mitigate the potential bias due to policy endogeneity. We find that the imposition of regulations reduces the number of center-based child care establishments, especially in lower income markets. However, such regulations increase the quality of services provided, especially in higher income areas. Thus, there are winners and losers from the regulation of child care services. (JEL H75, J13, L51, L84)

Preventing Obesity One State at a Time: Comparing State Child Care Regulations to National Standards

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elyse R. Grossman ◽  
Sara Benjamin Neelon ◽  
Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm ◽  
Anna Ayers Looby ◽  
Natasha Frost
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
National Standards ◽  
State Child ◽  
Child Care Regulations
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