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Sayer notes on Uber-like services for kids
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Safe kids' rides for busy parents
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Expensive Childcare and Short School Days = Lower Maternal Employment and More Time in Childcare? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
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This study investigates the relationship between maternal employment and state-to-state differences in childcare cost and mean school day length. Pairing state-level measures with an individual-level sample of prime working-age mothers from the American Time Use Survey (2005–2014; n = 37,993), we assess the multilevel and time-varying effects of childcare costs and school day length on maternal full-time and part-time employment and childcare time. We find mothers’ odds of full-time employment are lower and part-time employment higher in states with expensive childcare and shorter school days. Mothers spend more time caring for children in states where childcare is more expensive and as childcare costs increase. Our results suggest that expensive childcare and short school days are important barriers to maternal employment and, for childcare costs, result in greater investments in childcare time. Politicians engaged in national debates about federal childcare policies should look to existing state childcare structures for policy guidance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023119860277
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Liana C. Sayer, Ph.D.
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Liana Sayer Publications
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IPUMS Time Use
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Sandra Hofferth: A new suite of resources for accessing time-use data
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Double Burden for Women in Mid and Later Life: Evidence from Time Use Profiles in Cebu, Philippines
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Feinian Chen, University of Maryland, et al.; 2016-008
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Lyn Craig, University of Melbourne
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The Great Recession and young people’s employment, education and homemaking: A cohort comparison by gender in Finland, Spain, Taiwan and the USA
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Time Use Workshop: Using Time Diary Data to Investigate Intersectional Inequalities in Housework, Carework, and Leisure
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Liana Sayer & Sandra Hofferth
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In Pursuing Happiness: Diary vs. General Ratings of US Subjective Well-Being
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John P. Robinson and Elena Tracy, University of Maryland; Jonathan Gershuny and Teresa Harms, University of Oxford; 2015-009
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Marital Status and Mothers’ Time Use: Childcare, Housework, Leisure, and Sleep
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Liana C. Sayer and Joanna R. Pepin, University of Maryland; Lynne M. Casper, University of Southern California // Keywords: time use, mother, leisure, marital status; 2015-010
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Measuring Social Well Being (SWB) in Real Time: 1975-2013 Trends in U.S. Diary SWB Ratings
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John P. Robinson, University of Maryland; 2015-011
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As we Like It (Today) Americans’ Favorite Daily Activities – in Real Time
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John P. Robinson, University of Maryland; 2013-024
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