Abstract
This paper considers the various ways in which the child care market operates (and fails), both in reality and in terms of economic models. Economic theory shows that child care should have a significant impact on women's’ decision to enter the labor market, and I consider whether this is true in practice, as well as how the child care market operates compared to the demonstrated need. Economic analysis shows that child care has a significant impact on women’s participation in the labor force, both in theory and in practice.
Recommended Citation
Fritz, Ben
(1999)
"An Economic Analysis of Child Care: Bias, Refinement, and Powerful Insight,"
University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uauje/vol3/iss1/2
