Title

Child care price dynamics in California / Grecia Marrufo, Margaret O'Brien-Strain, Helen Oliver.

Author

Marrufo, Grecia.

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Public Policy Institute of California, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• O'Brien-Strain, Margaret.
• Oliver, Helen, 1977-

Description

xvii, 85 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Child care > California > Costs
• Day care centers > California > Costs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-81).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Market rate survey data -- Licensed child care -- The regional market rate survey -- Data on child care prices in California counties -- Child care prices in California -- Statewide prices -- Regional prices -- Summary : child care prices -- Child care vouchers -- Welfare caseloads -- Eligibility for child care vouchers -- Funding for child care vouchers -- Importance of child care subsidies in the child care market -- Summary -- Child care supply -- Licensed capacity -- Enrollment -- Child care wages -- Summary -- Have child care subsidies increased the price of child care? -- Analytical framework -- Role of the economy and demographics -- Role of child care wages and supply -- Role of welfare declines and child care subsides -- Summary : determinants of price increases -- Conclusions.

ISBN

1582130809

LCCN

^^2003023309

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library