Arbeitspapier
Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets
A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both parental and child well-being. Although the effects of child care subsidies on maternal employment and child development have been recently studied, many other dimensions of family well-being have received little attention. This paper attempts to fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child-parent interactions. The empirical analyses use data from three nationally representative surveys, providing access to numerous measures of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by using several identification strategies both within and across the surveys. Our results consistently indicate that child care subsidies are associated with worse maternal health and poorer interactions between parents and their children. In particular, subsidized mothers report lower levels of overall health and are more likely to show symptoms consistent with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Such mothers also reveal more psychological and physical aggression toward their children and are more likely to utilize spanking as a disciplinary tool. Together, these findings suggest that work-based public policies aimed at economically disadvantaged mothers may ultimately undermine family well-being.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6306
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- Thema
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child care
subsidy
health
Kinderbetreuung
Sozialpolitik
Subvention
Mütter
Eltern
Gesundheit
Zufriedenheit
USA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Herbst, Chris M.
Tekin, Erdal
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-201204239672
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Herbst, Chris M.
- Tekin, Erdal
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2012
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