Child Care

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Endnotes

  1. Bushnik, T. (2006). Childcare in Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Industry. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/89-599-MIE/89-599-MIE2006003.pdf
  2. Ibid.
  3. Bibby, R. (2005, February 10). Press Release: Child Care Aspirations. University of Lethbridge. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from http://www.vifamily.ca/newsroom/press_feb_10_05_c.html
  4. Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. (2006, April 1). Canadians Make Choices on Child Care. Canadian Family Views, No. 1, p. 3. Retrieved November 12, 2009 from http://www.imfcanada.org/issues/canadians-make-choices-about-childcare
  5. Lefebvre, P. and Merrigan, P. (2005, March). Low-fee ($5/day/child) regulated childcare policy and the labor supply of mothers with young children: a natural experiment from Canada.  Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l’emploi. Working Paper 05-08, p. 22. Retrieved November 9, 2009 from http://132.203.59.36/CIRPEE/cahierscirpee/2005/files/CIRPEE05-08.pdf
  6. Mrozek, A., Walberg, R. (2009 November). The cost of a free lunch. Ottawa: Institute of Marriage and Family Canada.
  7. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Early Child Care Research Network. (2003). Does Amount of Time Spent in Child Care Predict Socioemotional Adjustment During the Transition to Kindergarten? Child Development, Vol. 74, No. 4, p. 969-1226.
  8. Pagani, L., Larocque, D., Tremblay, R., Lapointe, P. (2003). The impact of junior kindergarten on behavior in elementary school children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol. 27, No. 5, p. 423-427
  9. Belsky, J. et al. (2007). Are There Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care? Child Development, Vol. 78, No. 2, p.681-701.
  10. Buckingham, J. (2007). Child Care: Who Benefits? The Center for Independent Studies, No. 89. Retrieved December 10, 2009 from http://www.cis.org.au/issue_analysis/IA89/ia89.pdf
  11. Loeb, S., Bridges, M., Bassok, D., Fuller, B., Rum¬berger, R. (2007). How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on children’s social and cognitive development. Economics of Education Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, p. 52-66.
  12. Japel, C. Tremblay, R. Côté, S. (December 2005). Quality Counts! Assessing the Quality of Daycare Services Based on the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Institute for Research on Public Policy. Vol. 11, No. 5.

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