International Perspectives On Quality in Mixed Economies of Childcare

Helen Penn
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Helen Penn: Cass School of Education, University of East London, H.Penn@uel.ac.uk

National Institute Economic Review, 2009, vol. 207, issue 1, 83-89

Abstract: This paper briefly reviews international perspectives on quality in mixed economies of childcare. It explores the particular features of the childcare market and suggests that conventional economic rationales do not apply in such a market. It claims that, contrary to government predictions, competition in the private for-profit childcare sector does not lead to `quality' childcare.

Keywords: Private for profit childcare; mixed economy of childcare; childcare tax credits; quality childcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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