Child-care subsidies: do they impact the quality of care children experience?
Child-care subsidies: do they impact the quality of care children experience?
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儿童保育补贴：它们会影响儿童的护理质量吗？
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.1780.x
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Brooks-Gunn,Jeanne
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作者：
Johnson,AnnaD;Ryan,RebeccaM;Brooks-Gunn,Jeanne
联邦儿童保育补贴计划是政府在早期保育和教育方面最大的投资之一，但人们对它是否能增加低收入儿童获得高质量儿童保育的机会知之甚少。本研究使用最新的全国代表性4岁儿童数据（N=750）来调查接受补贴是否能提高儿童保育质量。结果表明，与不使用其他公共资助护理的非接受者相比，补贴接受者使用更高质量的护理，但与使用启智计划或公共学前教育的非接受者相比，质量较低。研究结果表明，补贴可能有可能提高护理质量，但使用补贴的父母无法获得低收入家庭可获得的最高质量护理。
The federal child‐care subsidy program represents one of the government’s largest investments in early care and education, but little is known about whether it increases low‐income children’s access to higher quality child care. This study used newly available nationally representative data on 4‐year‐old children (N=750) to investigate whether subsidy receipt elevates child‐care quality. Results indicate that subsidy recipients usehigherquality care compared to nonrecipients who use no other publicly funded care, butlowerquality care compared to nonrecipients who instead use Head Start or public pre‐k. Findings suggest that subsidies may have the potential to enhance care quality but that parents who use subsidies are not accessing the highest quality care available to low‐income families.