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In: IPPR progressive review, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 18-27
ISSN: 2573-2331
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In: IPPR progressive review, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 18-27
ISSN: 2573-2331
In: European journal of social security, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 296-298
ISSN: 2399-2948
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 992-993
ISSN: 1468-5965
In: Social policy and administration, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 271-292
ISSN: 1467-9515
AbstractChildcare services are increasingly put forward as one of the most important policy levers to combat poverty and inequality. However, higher income families use childcare services to a much larger extent than lower income families. Almost all European countries increased expenditures on childcare over the past years, but has an ever‐increasing public spending on childcare provision led to more equality in its use? In this article, the relationship between spending and childcare use as well as between spending and inequality in childcare use over the period 2006–12 is empirically analyzed using a random effects model drawing on country‐level panel data (n = 156), derived from the EU‐SILC and OECD SOCX databases. Since governments can spend money in different ways, it is discussed whether a public or a market‐based strategy to subsidize childcare provision is related to more equality. The results suggest that more spending leads to higher levels of childcare use, but not directly to lower levels of inequality. For achieving equity in childcare use, government investment should lead to an expansion of childcare places across the income distribution. The findings allow the formulation of new hypotheses regarding the role of the private market in childcare services provision.
In: European journal of social security, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 4-27
ISSN: 2399-2948
Under the social investment paradigm, a child-centred investment strategy has been developed. The mainstay of such a strategy is the provision of childcare services, which are expected to increase maternal employment rates, further children's human capital and mitigate social inequalities in early life. In this article, I critically assess the child-centred investment strategy and question whether childcare services in European countries are, in their current state, up to the task of producing the anticipated benefits. The argument I develop is fairly simple: in order to be effective, childcare services should be provided for all social groups, and in particular for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Drawing on recent EU-SILC data, I show that in all but one country this condition is not met: childcare services are often taken up at low or moderate levels, and children from low-income families use them to a much lesser extent than those from high-income families. In order to overcome these childcare deficits, countries should pursue a consistent investment strategy which entails increasing both the supply of childcare and employment opportunities for all social groups. This will require huge budgetary efforts for most member states.
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 50, Heft 5, S. 860-862
ISSN: 0021-9886
In: European societies, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 83-111
ISSN: 1469-8307
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 49, Heft 5, S. 1150-1152
ISSN: 0021-9886
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 169-169
ISSN: 1461-7269
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 169-170
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 185-185
ISSN: 1461-7269
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijs tijdschrift, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 139-151
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 139-151
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 139-152
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 139-151
ISSN: 0486-4700