The Impact of Regulations on the Supply and Quality of Care in Child Care Markets / V. Joseph Hotz, Mo Xiao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hotz, V. Joseph.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Xiao, Mo.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w11873.

NBER working paper series no. w11873

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2005.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Print version record

December 2005.