Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1. What is the Child Care Problem?
Chapter 2. An Overview of the Child Care Market in the United States
Chapter 3. Economic Models of Child Care
Part II. Analysis of the Child Care Market
Chapter 4. The Demand for Child Care and the Labor Supply of Mothers
Chapter 5. The Supply of Child Care
Chapter 6. Equilibrium Price and Quality in the Child Care Market
Chapter 7. The Determinants and Effects of Child Care Quality
Part III. Child Care Policy
Chapter 8. Child Care Subsidies
Chapter 9. Child Care Regulations
Chapter 10. What Should We Do About the Child Care Problem?
Notes
References
Index