The child care system in the United States is widely criticized, yet the underlying structural problems are difficult to pin down. In The Child Care Problem, Da

“I’ve totally washed away the dream of having one more child.” “I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-parent, but the cost of child care turned me i

"David Blau has chosen seven economists to write chapters that review the emerging economic literature on the supply of child care, parental demand for care, ch

Gormley offers a balanced, comprehensive analysis of market, government, and societal failures to ensure quality child care in the United States.

Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book. Edward Zigler has been