Journal of Political Economy Vol. 106 No. 1 1998
The Demand for Quality in Child Care
Abstract
We estimate a model of demand for quality‐related attributes of child care: group size, staff/child ratio, and provider training. The model is estimated jointly with equations for mode, expenditure on and hours of care, and the mother's labor supply. The results show that a lower price of child care in a particular mode leads to substitution toward that mode and an increase in the use of paid child care. A decrease in the price of care causes an increase in hours of care demanded and a decrease in the demand for qualityrelated attributes. Income effects on demand for quality are small.
- DOI
- 10.1086/250004
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 104-146
- Language
- en
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref