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Title: Public Investments in Child Care

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Child care is a necessity for working women with young children. Yet, the costs of high-quality center-based child care in the United States—particularly for children under age five—are prohibitively high for many families. In this proposal, I describe a multifaceted approach to child-care policy that reduces the financial burden of child care, encourages maternal employment, and supports child development. I propose to replace existing federal child-care tax policies with a single refundable federal child-care tax credit that is more generous to lower-income families and families with children under the age of five. To address child care quality, I propose investments in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems and in expansion of universal preschool for four-year-olds. State and local governments could pursue these investments on their own or with federal assistance.

Url: http://www.hamiltonproject.org/assets/files/public_investments_child_care_cascio.pdf

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Authors: Cascio, Elizabeth, U

Publisher: The Hamilton Project

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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