TY  - JOUR
AU  - Loeb,Susanna
AU  - Fuller,Bruce
AU  - Kagan,Sharon Lynn
AU  - Carrol,Bidemi
AU  - Carroll,Judith
TI  - Child Care in Poor Communities: Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 9954
PY  - 2003
Y2  - September 2003
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9954
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9954.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Susanna Loeb
524 CERAS, 520 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA  94305
Tel: 650/725-4262
E-Mail: sloeb@stanford.edu

Bruce Fuller
E-Mail: b_fuller@berkeley.edu

Sharon Lynn Kagan
E-Mail: sharon.kagan@columbia.edu

Bidemi Carrol
E-Mail: bidemi.carrol@stanford.edu

Judith Carroll
E-Mail: jcarroll@cahs.org
AB  - Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in non-parental care due to policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality center-based care on children's cognitive growth. Yet we know little about the effects of center care typically available in poor communities or the effects of home-based care. Using a sample of children age 12 to 42 months when their mothers entered welfare-to-work programs, this paper finds positive cognitive effects for children in center care. Children also display stronger cognitive growth when caregivers are more sensitive and responsive, and stronger social development when providers have education beyond high school. Children in family child care homes show more behavioral problems but no cognitive differences.
ER  -