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Screen Time Policy in Alberta Childcare Centres
Increasing amounts of screen time among young children has become a growing concern. Childcare centres maybe one important setting to intervene. This...
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Remote work and the effects on secondary childcare
In spring 2020, stay at home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced many Americans to work remotely. Simultaneously, these orders shut down...
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Education Equity in Light of Families’ Time Investment in Childcare
As an early investment in human capital, childcare, which includes the care of children's lives, recreation, and education, is critical to promoting...
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The prevalence of grandparental childcare in Europe: a research update
We investigate (a) how the proportion of European grandparents providing childcare changed over a period of 15 years, (b) how these proportions...
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The Intrinsic Value of Childcare: Positive Returns of Childcare Time on Parents’ Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Italy
An extensive literature shows that parental childcare time has increased considerably over the past decades in Western countries and that children...
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Subsidizing private childcare in a universal regime
All families in Finland have the freedom to choose between subsidized home care, universal public childcare, and private childcare. We study the...
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Uptake of formal childcare among second generation and native mothers in Belgium: can increasing local childcare availability narrow migrant-native gaps?
Research indicates that the uptake of formal childcare for children under age 3 is lower among migrant origin parents than among native parents in...
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Do means-tested childcare subsidies discourage work?
We examine how means-tested childcare subsidies affect parental labor supply. Using the introduction of reduced childcare prices for low-income...
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Inclusion of Infants and Toddlers: Perspectives from Childcare Providers
Infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds with disabilities or developmental delays often participate in center-based childcare. Just like other care and...
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Formal childcare services and fertility: the case of Italy
This study aims at examining the fertility impact of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children under three in Italy. ECEC is a...
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Mother’s Instinct? Biological Essentialism and Parents’ Involvement in Work and Childcare
Despite wide public support for gender equality in work and caregiving, family responsibilities are still divided predominantly along traditional...
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Burnout and Perceptions of Child Behavior Among Childcare Professionals
Burnout is an increasing concern among working professionals; however, relatively little research has examined burnout among those in the childcare...
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Childcare Responsibilities and Parental Labor Market Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A substantial fraction of k-12 schools and childcare facilities in the United States closed their in-person operations during the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Grandparental childcare, family allowances and retirement policies
The paper uses an OLG model to study the interaction between policies designed to ensure the sustainability of the pension system, i.e. child...
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Informal childcare arrangements: a comparison between Italians and migrants
As migrants settle in their destination country, for those who reunited the family or after childbirth childcare becomes a priority. Most studies on...
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Quality of childcare and delayed child development in left-behind children in China
BackgroundInequalities in job opportunities and income prompts many Chinese parents to leave rural regions to work in urban regions. Their children...
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Evaluating the childcare needs of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy
PurposeAbout one-fifth of newly diagnosed cancer patients are parents to young children. These patients are at higher risk of psychosocial stress and...
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Childcare needs as a barrier to healthcare among women in a safety-net health system
BackgroundChildcare needs are an understudied social determinant of health. The effect of childcare needs on access to healthcare must be understood...
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Parenting Work and Childcare in Contemporary France
This chapter discusses the organisation and divisions of labour of parenting and childcare work in contemporary France. The question of who cares for...
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Does an urban childcare policy improve the nurturing environment in a city?
Previous theoretical studies on economic development and demographics have discussed the impacts of childcare policies but have not specifically...
