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abstract: 'This study examines the child care ``expenditure share,{''''} defined as
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child care expenses divided by after-tax income. We estimate that the
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average child under six years of age lives in a family that spends 4.9
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percent of after-tax income on child care. However, this conceals wide
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variation: 63 percent of such children reside in families with no child
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care expenses and 10 percent are in families where the expenditure share
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exceeds 16 percent. The proportion of income devoted to child care is
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typically greater in single-parent than married-couple families but is
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not systematically related to a constructed measure of socioeconomic
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status. One reason for this is that disadvantaged families use lower
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cost modes and pay less per hour for given types of care. The
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expenditure share would be much less equal without low cost (presumably
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subsidized) formal care focused on needy families, as well as government
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tax and transfer policies that redistribute income towards them.'
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affiliation: 'Rosenbaum, DT (Corresponding Author), Univ N Carolina, Greensboro, NC
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27412 USA.
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Rosenbaum, Dan T.; Ruhm, Christopher J., Univ N Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA.'
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article-number: '34'
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author: Rosenbaum, Dan T. and Ruhm, Christopher J.
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author-email: 'rosenbaum@uncg.edu
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chrisruhm@uncg.edu'
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author_list:
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- family: Rosenbaum
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given: Dan T.
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- family: Ruhm
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given: Christopher J.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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issn: 1935-1682
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journal: B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS \& POLICY
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keywords: child care; expenditure share; parental employment; work-family balance
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keywords-plus: UNITED-STATES; EMPLOYMENT; MODEL
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language: English
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '23'
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papis_id: b04d69443c050ee7d2c10b01f64c07c9
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ref: Rosenbaum2007familyexpenditures
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times-cited: '4'
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title: Family expenditures on child care
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000256302600044
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '13'
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volume: '7'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2007'
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