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Childcare Subsidies and the Transition from Welfare to Work *
Author(s) -
Danziger Sandra K.,
Ananat Elizabeth Oltmans,
Browning Kimberly G.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00012.x
Subject(s) - closeness , psychology , peer pressure , developmental psychology , perception , peer influence , peer group , social psychology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , neuroscience
We address how childcare subsidies help in the welfare‐to‐work transition relative to other factors. We examine how the policy operates, whether childcare problems differ by subsidy receipt, and the effect of subsidy on work. Data are from a random sample panel study of welfare recipients after 1996. Findings show that subsidy receipt reduces costs but not parenting stress or problems with care. It predicts earnings and work duration net of other factors. Increased use of subsidies by eligible families and greater funding for child care would help meet the demand for this important support for working‐poor families.