Childcare Markets
Can They Deliver an Equitable Service?
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
264 pages
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2 figures, 6 tables
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6 x 9
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© 2012
The viability, quality, and sustainability of early childhood education and services is a lively issue in many countries, especially as fair access to quality programs is beset by increasing gaps in family income. Drawing on research from eight countries where child care is deployed via open markets—including the United States and Canada—the editors present comparisons of child-care services and the regulatory processes that guide them across a wide political and economic spectrum. Including contributions from economists, policy specialists, and educators, this book addresses serious questions as to what constraints need to be in place if child-care providers are to deliver equitable service.
Edward Zigler, Yale University
“In this fascinating book, a group of distinguished scholars provide incisive analyses of market-based child care around the world. They convey child care for what it is—both a service to parents and a major determinant of children’s development and future life course. An informative must-read for both scholars and policymakers.”
Contents
List of tables and figures
About the contributors
Acknowledgements
Part One: Introduction
1. Childcare markets: an introduction
Eva Lloyd
2. Childcare markets: do they work?
Helen Penn
3. Future directions for a mature UK childcare market
Philip Blackburn
Part Two: Explorations in childcare markets
4. Local providers and loyal parents: competition and consumer choice in the Dutch childcare market
Janneke Plantenga
5. Tinkering with early childhood education and care: early education vouchers in Hong Kong
Gail Yuen
6. Markets and childcare provision in New Zealand: towards a fairer alternative
Linda Mitchell
7. Publicly available and supported early education and care for all in Norway
Kari Jacobsen and Gerd Vollset
8. Childcare markets in the US: supply and demand, quality and cost, and public policy
Laura Stout Sosinsky
9. Canadian ECEC labour shortages: big, costly and solvable
Robert Fairholm and Jerome Davis
10. Raw and emerging childcare markets
Helen Penn
Part Three: Ethics and principles
11. Need markets be the only show in town?
Peter Moss
12. ABC Learning and Australian early childhood education and care: a retrospective ethical audit of a radical experiment
Jennifer Sumsion
13. Childcare markets and government intervention
Gillian Paull
Index
About the contributors
Acknowledgements
Part One: Introduction
1. Childcare markets: an introduction
Eva Lloyd
2. Childcare markets: do they work?
Helen Penn
3. Future directions for a mature UK childcare market
Philip Blackburn
Part Two: Explorations in childcare markets
4. Local providers and loyal parents: competition and consumer choice in the Dutch childcare market
Janneke Plantenga
5. Tinkering with early childhood education and care: early education vouchers in Hong Kong
Gail Yuen
6. Markets and childcare provision in New Zealand: towards a fairer alternative
Linda Mitchell
7. Publicly available and supported early education and care for all in Norway
Kari Jacobsen and Gerd Vollset
8. Childcare markets in the US: supply and demand, quality and cost, and public policy
Laura Stout Sosinsky
9. Canadian ECEC labour shortages: big, costly and solvable
Robert Fairholm and Jerome Davis
10. Raw and emerging childcare markets
Helen Penn
Part Three: Ethics and principles
11. Need markets be the only show in town?
Peter Moss
12. ABC Learning and Australian early childhood education and care: a retrospective ethical audit of a radical experiment
Jennifer Sumsion
13. Childcare markets and government intervention
Gillian Paull
Index
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