Factors Influencing the Neighborhood Supply of Childcare in Massachusetts

A.D. Witte and M. Queralt

Working Papers from Wellesley College - Department of Economics

Abstract: Using factor analysis, ordinary least squares estimation, and maximum-likelihood ordered probit estimation, we examine the relationship between the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods and their supply of licansed childcare. We find that supply of licensed childcare in Massachusetts is strongly and significantly related to the number of children in the population: the larger the population of children, the more abundant the community's supply of child care services.

Keywords: CHILD CARE; NEIGHBOURHOODS; MARKETS; SOCIAL WELFARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 1997
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fth:wecoec:97-04

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from Wellesley College - Department of Economics U.S.A.; Wellesley College, Department of Economics. Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Thomas Krichel ().