Who Pays? The Visible and Invisible Costs of Child Care

Marcia K. Meyers and Alesha Durfee
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Marcia K. Meyers: School of Social Work and Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, 4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105; 206-616-4409; mkm36@u.washington.edu
Alesha Durfee: Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University

Politics & Society, 2006, vol. 34, issue 1, 109-128

Abstract: Although the majority of young children now spend time in nonparental child care, we know relatively little about who provides this care and how its costs are distributed among parents, government, and other family members. In this article we use data from a survey of New York City families with children younger than six to estimate the contribution of parental expenditures, government assistance, and the market value of “donated†caregiving time by family, friends, and relatives. We conclude that uncompensated caregivers provide a substantial share of child care that is “invisible†in conventional economic measures.

Keywords: gender; child care; caregiving; social policy; subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/0032329205284759

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