We consider a non-cooperative model of a family's time allocation between market work and
providing a home-produced family public good (such as child care or care for the elderly) …

We analyse the effect of child care costs on households' behaviour in Kenya. For
households with children 3–7 years of age, we model the participation of the mother in paid …

Given the intensive and ideologically charged debate over the use of private contractors for
publicly funded services, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred …

The first OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Policy was
launched under the auspices of the Education Committee, early in 1998. Twelve countries …

This is a nontechnical summary of a much longer study which will appear with the same title
in Richard Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, and Robert Topel, eds.(forthcoming). I am …

Public provision of a private good can alleviate the informational problems that restrict
redistribution through the tax/transfer system when the identity of high-and low-skill persons …

In an economy with distortionary taxes on labour, can subsidies on day care, financed by
increased taxes, raise welfare by encouraging women with small children to work? We …

This paper evaluates the impact of a recent Norwegian family-policy reform. The reform
provides benefits of up to NOK 3,000 (approximately€ 400) per month to families with one-to …

This paper integrates two different approaches to the analysis of public provision of private
goods (education, health care, day care, etc.). While normative public economics has …

There is extensive public provision of private goods in all developed countries. The public
provision scheme is often designed so that individuals can opt out, but not top up …