abstract: 'Although early childhood education, and care provision (ECEC) is.

  increasing in, all the industrialized welfare states, institutional

  arrangements for providing and financing services still vary

  substantially across countries at similar levels of economic

  development. These policies have potentially important implications for

  the reduction of income and labor market inequalities. In this paper we

  document variation in the institutional arrangements for ECEC in

  fourteen industrialized countries. Institutional variation is associated

  with equally varied levels of public responsibility for the care. of

  young children across countries, and between age groups within some

  countries. The extent to which care is, socialized has implications for

  the reduction of several forms of social inequality.'
affiliation: 'Meyers, MK (Corresponding Author), Univ Washington, 4101-15 Ave NE,
  Seattle, WA 98105 USA.

  Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 USA.

  CUNY, Baruch Coll, New York, NY 10021 USA.

  CUNY, Grad Ctr, New York, NY 10021 USA.'
author: Meyers, MK and Gornick, JC
author_list:
- family: Meyers
  given: MK
- family: Gornick
  given: JC
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3138/jcfs.34.3.379
files: []
issn: 0047-2328
journal: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE FAMILY STUDIES
keywords-plus: MOTHERS; GENDER; EMPLOYMENT; WAGES
language: English
month: SUM
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '70'
pages: 379+
papis_id: 2fb1704798ef47acc10f5b6922554a9a
ref: Meyers2003publicprivate
times-cited: '33'
title: Public or private responsibility? Early childhood education and care, inequality,
  and the welfare state
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000185300700005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '27'
volume: '34'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies
year: '2003'