abstract: 'We examine the effects of 10 welfare and employment programs on single

  mothers'' use of Head Start for their 3- to 4-year-old children,

  considering concurrent program effects on employment, income, and the

  use of other types of childcare settings. In general, these welfare and

  employment experiments increased parental employment and the use of

  center- and home-based childcare, but decreased families'' use of Head

  Start. The findings suggest that two types of policies affecting

  low-income families-welfare and employment on the one hand, and early

  childhood intervention on the other - are operating independently, and

  may actually conflict. Policy-induced increases in maternal employment

  generated an increased need for childcare; however, mothers did not

  appear to use Head Start to meet this need, instead increasing their use

  of other types of care arrangements. The part-day, part-year structure

  of Head Start at the time of these programs and issues of eligibility

  are discussed as potential barriers to the use of Head Start among

  low-income families under a welfare system that requires parents to

  work. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Chang, YE (Corresponding Author), Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Child Dev \&
  Family Studies, Seoul 151742, South Korea.

  Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Child Dev \& Family Studies, Seoul 151742, South Korea.

  Univ Texas, Dept Human Ecol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.

  Univ N Carolina, Dept Human Dev \& Family Studies, Greensboro, NC 27402 USA.

  MDRC, New York, NY 10016 USA.'
author: Chang, Young Eun and Huston, Aletha C. and Crosby, Danielle A. and Gennetian,
  Lisa A.
author-email: 'utpooh@snu.ac.kr

  achuston@mail.utexas.edu

  lisa.gennetian@mdrc.org'
author_list:
- family: Chang
  given: Young Eun
- family: Huston
  given: Aletha C.
- family: Crosby
  given: Danielle A.
- family: Gennetian
  given: Lisa A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.01.009
eissn: 1873-7382
files: []
issn: 0272-7757
journal: ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW
keywords: Head Start; childcare; welfare; policy
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: Crosby, Danielle/0000-0003-3543-3925
pages: 17-32
papis_id: 52e83026ea361785abde7454977c4261
ref: Chang2007effectswelfare
researcherid-numbers: 'Crosby, Danielle/ISB-8879-2023

  '
times-cited: '4'
title: The effects of welfare and employment programs on children's participation
  in Head Start
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000244219800003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '26'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Education \& Educational Research
year: '2007'