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Stability and Change in Childcare and Employment: Evidence from the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

Cynthia Miller
Cynthia Miller*
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MDRC
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e-mail: Cynthia.Miller@mdrc.org
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Abstract

Using a unique data set from the US to examine the association between employment stability and childcare stability, we find that childcare use is fairly stable for current and former welfare recipients. In addition, although childcare instability contributes to employment instability, it does not appear to be the major reason women leave their jobs. In this case, employment retention programmes in the US, while not losing focus on childcare issues, should also address other barriers to keeping jobs, such as limited education and lack of work experience.

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 195 , January 2006 , pp. 118 - 132
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Copyright © 2006 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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Footnotes

This paper was funded by a grant from the US Child Care Bureau and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Thanks are given to Lisa Gennetian, Pamela Morris, and Chuck Michalopoulos for helpful comments and to Tracey Hoy for research assistance.

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