Parents as child care consumers

Cryer, Debby; Burchinal, Margaret

doi:10.1016/s0885-2006(97)90042-9

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“…All six mothers held strong views about how they wanted the professional adults to be with their children even if they did not call it love. This is in line with the literature which suggests that decision-making about childcare for very young children is challenging and anxiety laden but that the relationship between the caregiver and the child is of critical importance Cryer and Burchinal, 1997;Kensinger Rose and Elicker, 2008;Layard and Dunn, 2009;Leach, 2009;Leach et al, 2006;Kurtz-Costes, 1999, 2000;Ball, 2001, 2006;Vincent et al, 2008;Volling and Belsky, 1993).…”

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Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies?

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Journal of Early Childhood Research

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This article reports an aspect of a life historical study which investigated the part that 'love' played in mothers' decision-making about returning to work and placing their babies in day care. The article begins with a brief discussion of the context, including 21st-century policies in England to encourage mothers to return to the workforce (DfES, 2004; HMT, 2009). This is followed by a critical overview of relevant literature exploring three key themes: an historical view of women in the workforce, Attachment Theory, and theorizing 'love' and 'care'. The life-historical methodology is discussed and justified and seven key themes are briefly identified and explained. The article then focuses specifically on the theme of 'love' using life-history interview data and key literature to discuss mothers' views on the importance of 'love', the saliency of 'love' in choosing childcare, and the notion of 'professional love'.

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2011

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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“…Because parent ratings of quality have not been compared as a function of program type, we do not have a directional hypothesis for parent perceived quality (paths A and B). We hypothesize that parents with higher education will have their children enrolled in programs with better observed quality (Cryer & Burchinal, 1997;paths E and H). Are parents' perceived constraints also associated with their perceptions of child care quality or observed child care quality (paths C and F)?…”

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“…Although there is a modest association between parents' and trained observers' ratings of child care quality, parents tend to rate the quality of their child's early education program better than do trained observers (Cryer and Burchinal, 1997;Cryer et al, 2002). Ratings of parents and observers are most similar for items that are more easily observed.…”

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Family income, parent education, and perceived constraints as predictors of observed program quality and parent rated program quality

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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“…Indeed, the child care market 3 is often characterized by the presence of information asymmetries in which parents experience difficulties recognizing high-quality care and distinguishing it from programs of mediocre-or lowquality. 2 For example, studies find a large divergence in the ratings of child care quality between parents and trained observers, with parents overstating the quality of their child's arrangement (Cryer & Burchinal, 1997;Mocan, 2007). These challenges arise in part because child care is an experience good, whose key quality features are not observable prior to consumption.…”

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The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

Herbst

2018

Labour Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are increasingly deployed by states to monitor and improve the quality of non-parental child care settings. By making information on program quality accessible to the public, QRIS attempts to alter parental preferences for quality-related attributes and encourage competition between providers. This paper draws on a variety of datasets to empirically characterize the way in which families and providers respond to the enactment of QRIS. Specifically, it exploits the differential timing in states' QRIS roll-out to examine two sets of outcomes: (i) families' child care choices and maternal employment and (ii) the supply and compensation of child care labor. Estimates from difference-in-differences models reveal several noteworthy findings. First, although QRIS induces families to shift from parental to non-parental care, economically disadvantaged families are more likely to use informal care, while their advantaged counterparts are more likely to use formal care. Second, QRIS increases the supply of high-skilled labor, particularly within the center-based sector. Third, all but the most highly-skilled child care workers experience rising compensation levels but also greater turnover. Finally, states that administer a wage compensation program alongside their QRIS experience larger increases in child care supply and compensation as well as lower turnover rates than states operating a QRIS in isolation. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S JEL Classification:J13, J21, J22, J24, J3

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Parents as child care consumers

Cited by 175 publications

References 6 publications

Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies?

Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies?

Family income, parent education, and perceived constraints as predictors of observed program quality and parent rated program quality

The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

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